11 convicted in Tanasha murder case, 6 get life term
May 30, 2018  14:35
A special MCOCA court in Mumbai today convicted 11 people in connection with the murder of gangster Farid Tanasha, an aide of underworld don Chhota Rajan, and awarded life imprisonment to six of them.  

Special MCOCA Judge S M Bhosale convicted six of the accused under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3(1) of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for causing death of a person, and sentenced them to life imprisonment.   

The remaining five accused were convicted under section 3(2) of the MCOCA, for being members of an organised crime syndicate and aiding and abetting an offence.   

They were sentenced to 10 years in jail, special public prosecutor Raja Thakare said.   

Tanasha was shot dead at his residence in Mumbai's central suburb of Tilak Nagar on June 2, 2010.
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