Process to invoke MCOCA against godman initiated

Delhi Police has initiated the process to invoke provisions of MCOCA against a 39-year-old self-styled Godman who was arrested for allegedly running a multi-crore sex racket in the national capital.

New Delhi: Delhi Police has initiated the
process to invoke provisions of MCOCA against a 39-year-old
self-styled Godman who was arrested for allegedly running a
multi-crore sex racket in the national capital.

Shiv Murat Dwivedi (39) alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami
Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot Wale, who had set up a
`temple` in south Delhi`s Khanpur, was arrested with a man and
six women, including two airhostesses, last week on charges of
prostitution.

"We have initiated process to invoke MCOCA against
Dwivedi," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal
said.

The provisions of MCOCA allows police to furnish as
evidence confession the accused made before a senior official
not below the rank of a DCP.

Police believe that Dwivedi was in close association with
some notorious pimps, including Sonu Punjaban and two others
who was arrested in November 2008, and were running the racket
along with them.

Apparently, they fell out and the others were arrested.

Sources said Dwivedi earned crores of rupees through the
sex racket. Half a dozen diaries were recovered from Dwivedi`s
possession which contains a large number of names, including
some politicians. However, the veracity of his claims is yet
to be ascertained, they said.

PTI

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