PUNE: A patrol team from the Chikhali police arrested a 40-year-old man on Sunday night before he could allegedly perform a ritual on a resident on the pretext of freeing his house from evil spirits.
The suspect has been booked under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act.
S P Deshmukh, sub-inspector, Chikhali police, told TOI, “We are probing whether the suspect had duped anyone on the pretext of eliminating evil spirits.”
Deshmukh said that though the suspect did not dupe the man, he has been arrested for promoting black magic.