Delhi Police Invoke MCOCA Against Nandu Gang, Name Ex-AAP MLA Naresh Balyan Among Nine
The move targets asset seizure using the organised-crime law.
Overview
- Crime Branch officials say shooters, facilitators and financiers have been arrested, with extortion cash and illegal firearms recovered.
- Police allege Naresh Balyan supplied local builders as extortion targets for a cut, citing co-accused disclosures and a circulating audio clip.
- Investigators say a trial in absentia has begun against fugitive leader Kapil Sangwan under the new BNS, BNSS and BSA criminal codes.
- Sangwan remains a proclaimed offender believed to be in the UK with a Red Corner Notice, while his brother Jyoti Prakash is among those booked.
- Officers link the syndicate to murders and firing incidents across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, with properties under scrutiny for attachment as proceeds of crime.