Beed police invoke preventive law MPDA against five history-sheeters

Police in Maharashtra's Beed district have invoked the MPDA Act against five history-sheeters to prevent them from committing further offences under the stringent law.

The police in Maharashtra's Beed district have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act against five history-sheeters to prevent them from committing more offences, officials said on Saturday.

Three of these individuals, identified as Zubair, alias Mari, alias Papya Mustaque Farooqui, Momin Salim Momin Shabbir and Tukaram Laxman Pawar, were sent to the Harsul Central Jail in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, an official release said.

According to the police, the fourth proposed detainee is currently in judicial custody, and the process to take his custody is underway. Meanwhile, a massive manhunt has been launched to nab the fifth accused, who is absconding.

All five persons face several serious offences, police said.

MPDA provides for the preventive detention of individuals such as slumlords, bootleggers, drug offenders, ''dangerous persons'', sand smugglers, human traffickers and persons engaged in black-marketing of essential commodities without trial for up to 12 months.

The action was taken as part of a zero-tolerance policy launched by District Collector Vivek Johnson and Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat against local goons, sand mafias, and organised crime syndicates, said officials.