Police have booked two interstate gangsters, accused of attempt to murder and other charges, under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) after their arrest in a chain-snatching case, officials said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

On June 3, a 42-year-old woman from Tembhipada in Bhandup area of neighbouring Mumbai was returning after visiting a patient at a hospital in Nallasopara area of Maharashtra's Palghar district when some motorcycle-borne unidentified persons snatched her 'mangalsutra' (sacred necklace worn by married women) and fled from the spot, reported PTI.