New Delhi: Seven people have been booked for allegedly forcing a woman to consume powder made of human bones as part of a black magic ritual, in hopes of conceiving a child, in Pune, as reported by the news agency ANI. According to the police official, an FIR has been registered against seven people including woman’s husband, her in-laws, and a Tantrik.
A case has been registered against them under Sections 498A, 323, 504,506 of IPC along with section 3 of the anti-superstition act, ANI reported.
“FIR registered against 7 people incl her husband, in-laws & a Tantrik. A case under Sections 498A, 323, 504,506 of IPC along with section 3 of the anti-superstition act registered. The family is well-educated. We'll arrest them soon,” Suhail Sharma, DCP Zone-3, Pune said, as quoted by ANI.
In the first matter, the victim alleged that her in-laws had demanded some dowry during the time of marriage (in 2019) which included some cash, gold and silver jewellery.
In the second matter, the police have imposed section 3 of anti-superstition and black magic, according to the complaint application.
According to the police, in the second matter, during several Amavasya, the victim's in-laws forced her to indulge in some superstitious activities at home and in some other rituals the victim was forcefully taken to an unknown crematorium and asked to eat some bones of a dead human.
DCP Sharma further informed that the in-laws in another type of ritual had taken the victim to some unknown area in the Konkan region of Maharashtra where she was forced to indulge in an "Aghori" practice under a waterfall. During these practices, they were also taking instructions from a Tantrik Baba over the phone through video calls.
"Accordingly, taking serious cognizance of the complaint we have registered an FIR against seven accused and started probing the case," said DCP Sharma, as quoted by ANI.
"We have started to search the particular crematorium where these practices took place. We would be arresting these accused as soon as possible after which more details of the incident will be revealed. Right now we can be assured that an ACP rank police officer would be supervising the case probe," the DCP further added.
According to the police, the victim's family is well-educated but indulged in such practices.