New Delhi, Apr 21 Setting the stage for trial, a Delhi court on Tuesday ordered framing of charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and 19 others in a 2021 case.
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma ordered framing charges against Bishnoi and others under sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (holding unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate), along with the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.
The matter has been posted for formal framing of charges on April 30.
The counsel for Delhi Police said that the existence of an organised crime syndicate across several states was clearly established.
A reasoned order is awaited.
An FIR was registered in March 2021 against the Lawrence Bishnoi-Kala Jatheri crime syndicate, which had allegedly been involved in contract killings, illegal arms trafficking and extortion.
