India, Nov. 22 -- The Kalepadal police have initiated stringent action under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against notorious criminal Rizwan alias Tipu Pathan and his associates for their alleged involvement in multiple serious offences, including extortion, robbery, assault and creating terror in the Hadapsar-Kondhwa area, said officials on Friday. This is the second time Tipu Pathan has been booked under MCOCA.

According to officials, in October this year, Pathan and twelve of his associates were booked in connection with an extortion case reported in the Sayyad Nagar area in Hadapsar.

Tipu Pathan and his associate illegally grabbed the 1,290 square feet area of the complainant in 2020. They then demolished th...