{"id":1432,"date":"2026-02-27T05:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colormag-main.sites.qsandbox.com\/2020\/02\/11\/moment-deaf-baby-hears-moms-voice-after-hearing-aids-switched-on-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:58:24","slug":"aslam-shaikh-demands-mcoca-action-against-drug-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/aslam-shaikh-demands-mcoca-action-against-drug-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh Demands Tough MCOCA Action Against Drug Mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh called for stringent action against drug traffickers in Maharashtra, urging the application of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and the seizure of assets belonging to those involved in illegal drug activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/congress-mla-aslam-shaikh.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaking on Thursday at a Maha Vikas Aghadi meeting, Shaikh criticised the state government and law enforcement agencies for the widespread availability of drugs near schools and public areas despite arrests. He described the situation as \u201cshameful.\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the past year, I\u2019ve been saying that strict action should be taken against drugs. I myself raised the issue in the assembly hall that, for drug sellers, not just the Drug Act, but MCOCA should be applied. And the Chief Minister also worked to bring that law, and some people are even being arrested under it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he voiced concern that the situation had not improved considerably on the ground. \u201cBut still, you can see that outside schools, outside colleges, bus stops, train stations, drugs are easily available everywhere. And one or two BJP MLAs themselves went and caught drugs being sold outside schools, which is a very shameful thing for the state government and the police,\u201d he added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He drew comparisons with other countries, saying, \u201cJust as action is taken against drug sellers in Dubai, Singapore, etc., if such action is taken in this country, in Mumbai city and Maharashtra, then I don\u2019t think anyone will dare to sell drugs in Mumbai city or Maharashtra,\u201d he further added.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh called for stringent action against drug traffickers in Maharashtra, urging the application of the Maharashtra Control<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}