An offense was registered under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act (GujCTOC), a law with stringent provisions, against Aslam Bodiya and his gang involved in cases of extortion and land grabbing cases in Vadodara. The first case was registered in Vadodara under the GujCTOC Act, recently enacted by the Gujarat government. The crime branch has registered a case against the city's defiant Bichoo gang under 'GujCTOC' and arrested 12 gang members. However, Aslam Bodio, the leader has now gone underground. The GujCTOC law was enacted by the state government to teach a lesson to defiant criminals and curb crime. In most of the cities in the state, offenses have been registered against defiant persons under this law. Recently three persons on a moped in the early hours of the morning at Fategunj police station recently robbed two people threatening them with a knife. Police arrested Atik Sabdar Hussain Malek, Mohammad Siddique Abdul Sattar Mansuri and Faisal Hussain She

Author-Shlok Talati