The Commissionerate police have arrested a man for allegedly duping a woman of Ranihat in Cuttack city of around Rs 62 lakh by identifying himself as a Tantrik. The accused was identified as Kaifi Khan.
Khan had reportedly told the woman that he was a Tantrik and had taken Rs 62 lakh from her during a period of one year on the pretext of ‘removing evil spirits’ from her house. He had also promised her of unearthing ‘hidden treasure’ from the house.
Later, acting on a complaint lodged by the victim, the Mangalabag police carried out an investigation and arrested the accused.
The accused had convinced the victim that he possessed some supernatural powers and to do some rituals to unearth the hidden treasure. Over the last one year, the victim had given the accused access to her house. By the end of all this, the accused had duped her to the tune of Rs 60 to Rs 62 lakh,” said Cuttack DCP Pinak Mishra.
Mishra further said the accused had invested the money looted from the victim to set up a mobile phone store. He had also bought two luxury cars and a Bullet motorcycle.
“During the search of the house of accused, we have recovered over Rs 2 lakh, some metals, crystals, two cars, over 70 high-end smartphones and other valuables,” said Mishra.
The DCP appealed to people to contact the police if any of them has been duped by the accused.
