Makoka 315: Trigger-happy teens strike terror in NE Delhi

The gang’s name is a nod to the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, also known as MCOCA, a law meant to crush criminal syndicates

He was just 13and living on the snaking streets of northeast Delhi when he picked up a gun and killed a gym trainer in cold blood in 2020. He wasn’t alone — two other minors accompanied him that day, united in their first taste of infamy. Four years on, the boy has amassed nine criminal cases. Four of them are murders.

A view of the Kardampuri street in northeast Delhi where the gang is most active. (HT Photo)

And he’s unapologetic. Brash, even. He flaunts his crimes on Instagram for an audience of thousands. His feed brims