Overview

• The Crime Branch filed the chargesheet on October 9 in the special MCOCA court, naming 14 arrested suspects and five still wanted.
• The filing spans 1,900 pages with 45 witness statements and invokes provisions of MCOCA, the BNS, the NDPS Act, the Arms Act and the Mumbai Police Act.
• Investigators identify Mohammed Tausif alias Tausif Machandi as the alleged kingpin of a syndicate engaged in extortion and drug trafficking.
• The probe details the June 12 abduction of Sajid Electricwala and Shabbir Siddiqui from an Andheri hotel and their confinement in Neral, with Siddiqui escaping on June 14 to file the complaint.
• Mobile-location data indicates Electricwala was moved through Raigad, Nashik, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, with the alleged motive tied to Sarvar Khan’s Rs 50 lakh payment for a mephedrone unit that produced no drugs.