India, Sept. 26 -- The court has refused bail to a 28-year-old accused in the 2020 Ghatkopar chain-snatching incident that claimed the life of a woman. Rejecting his bail plea, a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court held that there was sufficient evidence of his role in an organised crime syndicate.

According to the prosecution, the accused, Waris Mohammad Ibrahim Sheikh, and a co-accused had allegedly snatched a mangalsutra from a woman at Kamraj Nagar in September 2020. During the theft, the victim was dragged along the road, and a week later she succumbed to a fatal head injury.

Sheikh's lawyer argued that he had been falsely implicated and pointed out that CCTV footage implicating him, and the Test Identi...