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INVESTIGATION
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
CONFESSIONS UNDER DURESS AND RANDOM ACCUSATIONS COULD GET YOU JAILED FOR YEARS WITHOUT BAIL. AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB TRACKED THE MISUSE OF THE DRACONIAN MCOCA IN MAHARASHTRA FOR TWO MONTHS
16th Jan 2009

CASE STUDY 1
Deemed Guilty Until Proven Innocent
SHAH ALAM, Former recruitment agent

CASE STUDY 2
Businessman, Squash Fan, MCOCA Survivor
MAHENDRA AGARWAL, Property developer

CASE STUDY 3
Done In By The Don Link, Saved By Bungling Cops
FAREED TANASHAH, Alleged Chhota Rajan aide

CASE STUDY 4
Top Cop At The Receiving End Of The Law
RANJIT SINGH SHARMA, Former Mumbai police chief

CASE STUDY 5
The Man Who Was Jailed By His Beard
ASIF KHAN, Businessman

CASE STUDY 6
‘How Does A Poor Man Fight MCOCA?’
SAJID SYED, Jobless drifter

CASE STUDY 7
The Grim Tale Of The Azmi Brothers
ABRAR AZMI, Perfume mixer
ANWAAR AZMI, Construction site supervisor

CASE STUDY 8
Married To The Mob And Paying The Price For It
GANGUBAI, Housewife

EXCLUSIVE
‘MCOCA Has Never Been Misused By Anyone’
Despite the courts throwing out case after case under the draconian law, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan defends MCOCA, saying it has succeeded in curbing organised crime.

INVESTIGATION
How The Law Is Made An Ass
MCOCA WAS MEANT TO FINISH OFF THE MAFIA DONS. BUT A TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION BY AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB HAS FOUND THAT THE POLICE HAVE FAILED TO GET THE BIG FISH CONVICTED FOR THE CRIMES

CASE STUDY 9
Christmas Party, Finally, After 11 Years In Jail
DK RAO, Alleged Chhota Rajan gangster

CASE STUDY 10
Damned In The Name Of The Unholy Father
BHUSHAN SATAM, Cinematographer and don’s son

CASE STUDY 11
‘Mcoca Has Been Used To Please The Underworld’
ARUN GULAB GAWLI, Alleged mafia don

CASE STUDY 12
The Don’s Brother Is Free. Long Live The Don In Dubai
IQBAL KASKAR, Brother of Dawood Ibrahim

OPINION
A Law Inconsistent With The Idea Of India
YP SINGH
Criminal lawyer and ex-IPS officer

CASE STUDY 13
Have Law Will Jail
RUBINA SYED,
Alleged girlfriend of gangster Chhota Shakeel

CASE STUDY 14
DAMNED, BUT NOT GUILTY AS CHARGED
SUJATA NIKALJE,
Wife of mafia don Chhota Rajan

CASE STUDY 15
THE MESSENGER IS SHOT BUT REFUSES TO DIE
KETAN TIRODKAR,
MCOCA petitioner/accused

INTERVIEW
‘MCOCA Needs Amendment To Check Its Misuse’
Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was the state's home minister when MCOCA was legislated in 1999 to end growing underworld menance. In an interview to RANA AYYUB, he defends the anti-terror law while admitting to it's drawbacks
06th Feb 2009