Four members of a gang that allegedly assaulted two watchmen of a private firm in Maharashtra's Beed district and robbed property worth Rs 12.87 lakh have been booked under the stringent MCOCA, police have said, reported news agency PTI.

Confessions made to the police under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) are admissible in court, and the statute also makes it difficult to secure bail.

The assault and robbery had taken place on April 7 at a unit of Avaada Group in Vida village in Kej tehsil, some 390 kilometres from here, a police official said on Friday, reported PTI.