India, Oct. 11 -- The Pune city police on Friday invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Sachin Ghaywal, brother of gang leader Nilesh Ghaywal, in the Kothrud firing case. The police said that they have already invoked MCOCA against Ghaywal and members of his gang over the crime that left one person severely injured. Action was taken against Sachin following allegations that he got his arms licence by using political connections.

Ghaywal brothers and 12 others were booked on Thursday by the Kothrud police in a case involving the grabbing of 10 flats in a private building as part of an extortion racket. Nilesh Ghaywal has approached the Bombay High Court (HC) claiming that the FIR lodged against hi...