India, Aug. 14 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has invoked stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the kidnapping case of alleged drug trafficker Sajid Electricwala, citing his captors' links to the D Company network, founded and controlled by Dawood Ibrahim.

According to investigators, MCOCA has been applied against ten accused, who are suspected to have worked for Anwar Shaikh - the brother of underworld fugitive Chhota Shakeel. Police allege the accused ran a synthetic drug racket manufacturing Mephedrone, popularly known as MD, under Shaikh's direction.

The case stems from a June 16 operation, when Electricwala was rescued from Banda district in Uttar Pradesh after being allegedly held captive fo...