Indore: Local police on Monday arrested a tantric who had duped a woman and her daughter in the name of doubling their cash and jewellery. Police arrested him within 24 hours of complaint lodged by the victims at MG Road police station.
According to police, tantric Rajkumar Singh, resident of Raisen, was arrested from Sarwate bus stand on the basis of complaint lodged by the victims. The accused had stayed in their house for five days to perform rituals for doubling their money.
The 22-year-old girl and her mother were duped of Rs 1.5 lakh and gold jewellery on Sunday.He spent the cash to wipe off his debt while he sold the jewellery in Hoshangabad. The victims, resident of Snehlataganj, told police that they met Rajkumar at a function where the accused had posed himself as a tantric who could double their money.
The accused visited their house on August 21 and preformed tantric rituals to gain trust. After that, the girl gave him Rs 1.5 lakh and jewellery. The accused took the valuables and fled. On arrest, accused admitted that he dupe about 25 people earlier in a similar way in Raisen. He was going to Ujjain. Victim’s aadhaar card was also recovered from his possession.