The Delhi Police Crime Branch slapping provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on Affaq Husain, the alleged kingpin of the biggest sex trade syndicate of G.B. Road, and his accomplices has been welcomed by activists, but history suggests that the charges have not withstood judicial scrutiny in the past. When she was arrested in 2011, she even purportedly admitted to have been indulged in sex trade. The case eventually fell in 2014 when a special court observed that prosecution had “failed to produce any concrete evidence against Punjaban that substantiated the allegation of her running an organised sex racket”. Khan said in MCOCA cases there were lot of technicalities involved and only two provisions are punishable.

Source: The Hindu September 04, 2016 21:33 UTC