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Earlier, the gang members have been booked for carrying weapons and threatening people, attempt to murder, extortion, robbery, abduction and crimes like theft at several police stations across the district. “The gang is involved in illegal business of selling Goa-made IMFL in Maharashtra. This will help us in keeping a check on all the illegal activities of the gang and maintain law and order in the district,” he added. The gang members have been arrested several times for allegedly buying IMFL from Goa state and getting it into Maharashtra through Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts,” a senior police officer said.“Considering the gang may continue its operations during the upcoming elections which may lead to law and order situation, we took preventive action against the gang and invoked MCOCA. Kolhapur: Taking strict action against criminal activities during the model code of conduct, Kolhapur police has invoked Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against an inter-state gang involved in smuggling and sale of illegal liquor.The members of Shridhar bhai’s gang have been identified as Shridhar Arjun Shingte, Nelson Izamile Fernandis alias Baba Nelson, Chetan Vinayak Sathelkar, Yashwant Chandrakant Mhapsekar and Krishna Anil Mhapsekar..