MCOCA invoked on Hiranwars, ACP to probe Bhusari murder
Nagpur: City police on Thursday invoked stringent
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
(MCOCA) on
Hiranwar gang
in connection with
Avinash Bhusari murder case
. The police have already invoked stringent Section 111 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) against the gang members for organised crime. Meanwhile, Bhusari murder case probe has been tansferred to assistant commissioner of police, crime.Bhusari, a café owner, was shot dead by
Bunty Hiranwar
,
Shakti Yadav
, and other gang members on April 15 to avenge murder of Pawan Hiranwar in January this year. Pawan was cousin of Bunty, who had survived attack by arch-rival Sheikhu gang. Avinash's cousin, Aviraj, allegedly played a key role in Pawan's murder.While 15 members of Hiranwar gang are already behind bars, the gang's arms supplier Shaheed Shaikh is still absconding. It was Shaheed who procured the firearms for the gang from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.
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