Beed (Maharashtra), Oct 14 Beed Police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act against two notorious criminals, an official said on Wednesday.
Akshay Rangnath Sakhare (31) and Bhima Laxman Maske (39) were detained on Tuesday and sent to the Harsul Central Prison in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for preventive detention.
District Collector Vivek Johnson approved the detention proposals following submissions from the Beed City and Peth Beed police stations, the official said.
Sakhare faces five serious criminal cases including causing bodily hurt, vandalism, issuing death threats and hurling caste-based abuse.
Maske has nine serious criminal cases registered against him, including attempt to murder, culpable homicide, housebreaking, highway robbery, assault on a public servant, stone-pelting, unlawful assembly and violation of externment orders.
(PTI News)
