Thane Jan 27 PTI A 28-year-old self-styled godman has been arrested for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 32 lakh to drive away evil spirits in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Thursday The police apprehended Baban Baburao Patil from Jalgaon district of north Maharashtra last week he said The accused has been booked under sections 420 cheating and 406 criminal breach of trust of the IPC and The Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act 2013 said the official from Ramnagar police station in Dombivili The complainant who is a resident of Kalwa has alleged that the accused had promised to drive away evil spirits in her family and had demanded money from her from time to time since December 2019 he said Patil had taken Rs 3160 lakh and some expensive objects from her during this period and did nothing to resolve her problems the official saidThe accused was presented before a local magistrate who remanded him to police custody for two days he added PTI COR ARU ARU
Nagpur Sep 24 PTI A 34-year-old man was brutally attacked allegedly by his friend as the latter suspected that he was practicing black magic police in Gittikhadan area of Nagpur said on Friday The accused met with an accident on Thursday night and thought the victim had performed black magic on him which led to the attack an official said The accused has been booked under IPC and Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act provisions the Gittikhadan police station official said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
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