The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to drop charges under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) invoked against self-styled godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi,who is in custody for allegedly running a multi-crore prostitution racket in the Capital. Maintaining the trial courts decision to make Dwivedi stand trial under the stringent provisions of the MCOCA,Justice Suresh Kait said there was prima facie evidence against the accused on record. The court observed that there were five criminal cases registered against 41-year-old Dwivedi in various police stations of Delhi and further that there appeared to be no clear source of income for the huge wealth he had accumulated. Dwivedi alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot Wale,who had set up a temple in South Delhis Khanpur,was arrested along with another man and six women,including two air hostesses,on charges of running a prostitution racket.
