M’lya MLA caught in Guwahati

Meghalaya police have finally nabbed MLA Julius Dorphang on Guwahati on Saturday who was wanted in connection with a sex racket.

The independent legislator was arrested from a building in Guwahati city with the help of Guwahati police whom the Meghalaya counterpart requested for help to nab the MLA to be charged with running a sex racket in Shillong.

Immediately after the arrest, he was brought to Shillong where a team of senior police officials has been interrogating him.

A local court in Shillong on January 4 issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Dorphang forcing police to intensify the operation.

His involvement came to light after the employee of a guest house was caught where the victim was a 14 year old girl. The rebel turn legislator was booked him under section 366 (A) of the IPC and registered section 3 (a)/4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and under section 5 of the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act (ITPA) against him.