Former MLA and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Naresh Balyan has been booked under the stringent MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) by the Delhi Police for his alleged links with UK-based gang leader Kapil Sangwan (alias Nandu).

Eight others have also been booked under the Act, aimed at controlling gang activity. All nine are in police custody.

A trial in absentia has also been initiated against Sangwan – the first one against a “ganglord” since the new set of laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), were implemented last year, a senior police officer said.

According to the police, Balyan was actively providing potential extortion targets to Sangwan in exchange for a cut in the profits.

“Baly

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