Mumbai: A special MCOCA court has refused to grant bail to prison guard Balu Chavan, accused of facilitating alleged kingpin Faiyaz Shaikh in running an illegal narcotics business from Solapur prison. Chavan was booked by the Mumbai crime branch after it busted a manufacturing unit for MD, a banned narcotic substance, in Satara.
According to the prosecution, on December 8, 2025, police nabbed Salim Shaikh and Rayees Shaikh in possession of 74 grams and 62 grams of MD, respectively. Their arrest led the Mumbai crime branch to raid a premises in Savari village, Satara, on December 13.
The police seized 7kg and 518 grams of finished MD, alongside 38kg and 820 grams of the substance kept for drying. Inves tigations revealed the unit operated under Faiyaz’s instructions.
Faiyaz allegedly ran his gang from Solapur prison using Chavan’s mobile phone to contact accomplice Vishal More. Records show `45,000 was transferred from a relative of the accused into Chavan’s bank account.
Chavan claimed he permitted a phone call only on humanitarian grounds while Faiyaz was visiting his ailing father at a hospital. However, the court stated this explanation cannot be considered at the bail stage.
“Whether the said phone call was allowed only on humanitarian grounds and the amount was transferred... for meeting day-today expenses of ailing prisoner is the question, which has to be decided after full pledge of trial,” the court said while rejecting the plea.
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