MCOCA likely to be invoked against ‘godman’

Dwivedi was arrested along with an accomplice and six women,including two air-hostesses,for allegedly running a multi-crore sex racket.

“We are looking at the possibility of whether Dwivedi can be slapped with charges under the provisions of MCOCA,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South),H G S Dhaliwal said. MCOCA allows the police to adduce as evidence the confession of the accused made before a senior police officer not below the rank of a DCP.

Police officials said that in all,Dwivedi has four cases registered against him. In 1997,Dwivedi was arrested on charges of running a prostitution racket in Lajpat Nagar. The next year,he was arrested for dacoity in Badarpur. In 2003,he was arrested from Noida Sector 24 — charges under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and the Gangster Act were slapped.

The police said Dwivedi undertook charity activities as a guise to explain the flow of money — he earned close to Rs 2 lakh every month through his criminal activities. DCP Dhaliwal said they will seek police custody to take Dwivedi to Chitrakoot for verifying the ownership of his properties and investigate if his activities extended to UP.