MCOCA invoked against 11 LeT operatives

The LeT suspects were currently booked under Indian Explosives Act.

Mumbai police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the eleven suspected Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives, arrested in the Aurangabad arms and explosives seizure case.

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"We have invoked MCOCA against the LeT suspects and will produce them in the court this afternoon," Anti-Terrorist Squad chief KP Raghuvanshi said.

The LeT suspects were currently booked under Indian Explosives Act and invoking MCOCA would allow the ATS to seek police custody remand for a longer period as well as book more persons involved in the case, he said.

The ATS seized 16 AK-47, 43 kg RDX, 4000 ammunition rounds and 50 hand grenades.