Sara-Sahara case: Verdict likely on Thursday

Mumbai, June 11 (UNI) The Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is likely to pronounce its judgement on Thursday in the infamous twin Sara and Sahara shopping complex case, in which the nine accused include Iqbal Kaskar, younger brother of mafia fugitive Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.

The Bombay High Court had given today as deadline to MCOCA court for completion of the trial.

Since last six days, MCOCA Judge Mridula Bhatkar is dictating the judgement. But it is yet to be completed.

There are a total of eleven accused in the case of whom nine have been arrested including Iqbal Kaskar and four BMC officials. The two wanted accused are Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Shaikh Babu Chhota, who are presently said to be residing in Pakistan.

Apart from Iqbal Kaskar, the other eight who have been arrested are Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Abdul Sattar, Narendra Rajbhar, Gulam Nabi Tanwar, Hasmukh Shah, Kiran Achrekar, Shirish Salvekar and Tariq Parveen.

The former MCOCA court judge Ashok Bhangale, who is now the City Civil and Sessions Court Judge, had framed charges against the nine on February 9 last year for allegedly constructing the twin complexes illegally at Crawford Market in South Mumbai.

The Sara and Sahara commercial complexes, allegedly owned by Dawood Ibrahim, were built illegally on a CPWD land, which was reserved for a municipal school and garage. The accused have been charged with conniving with BMC officials and constructing 380 shops and 70 storage rooms in the twin complexes illegally.

UNI