Updated On: 02 November, 2025 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
According to officials, this is the first action under the amended provisions of MCOCA, notified in July 2025, which now allows the law to be applied against gangs involved in the manufacture, sale, and trafficking of drugs or chemical substances

(From left) Kaynath Shaikh, Adnan Amir Shaikh, and Jamir (wanted)
The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has filed a 953-page chargesheet against three members of an organised gang accused of manufacturing and smuggling acidic substances — marking the first case registered under the amended Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The chargesheet, submitted before the Special MCOCA Court in the Sessions Court, names gang leader Jamir Ahmed Abdul Khaliq Ansari alias Boka, along with Adnan Aamir Shaikh and Kaynath Jabbar Shaikh. Two of them have been arrested, while Ansari remains wanted.