The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets, including over a dozen bank accounts and cars, of a self-styled godman ‘Icchadhari baba’ in connection with its money-laundering probe against him and his associates for allegedly running a sex racket in Delhi.
The case dates back to 2010 when a Delhi Police team nabbed the alleged kingpin of a sex racket in the capital, Shiv Murat Dwivedi alias Shiva alias Rajeev alias Swami alias ‘Icchadhari baba’, when he was allegedly conducting a flesh trade deal near PVR Saket cinema along with his accomplices. The police subsequently pressed charges under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act against Dwivedi and his associate Praveen along with half-a-dozen girls, who were apprehended from the same spot. The ED subsequently slapped criminal charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the two men. — PTI
