Rape on ‘pretext of rituals’: 21-year-old man held from Rajasthan

Addressing media persons, Ahmedabad crime branch deputy commissioner of police Chaitanya Mandlik said, “A few days back, a complaint was registered in the (west) mahila police station that a childless woman was raped in the name of ritual to conceive a child. A man named Dilawar (Sheikh) identified different women and took them to a tantric named Mukesh Grasiya, who in the name of ritual raped several women.”

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Mukesh was caught on Saturday from Rajasthan, who is a resident of Banswada in the state. (Representational/File)

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A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday from Rajasthan by the Ahmedabad crime branch for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of a ritual to conceive a child.

Addressing media persons, Ahmedabad crime branch deputy commissioner of police Chaitanya Mandlik said, “A few days back, a complaint was registered in the (west) mahila police station that a childless woman was raped in the name of ritual to conceive a child. A man named Dilawar (Sheikh) identified different women and took them to a tantric named Mukesh Grasiya, who in
the name of ritual raped several women.”

Sheikh was caught March 16 from Ahmedabad. He is a resident of Kheda district’s Kapadvanj. Mukesh was caught on Saturday from Rajasthan, who is a resident of Banswada in the state.

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“The mobile phone of Mukesh is being examined where several videos and photos were found, and it seems that he has misbehaved with several women like this. Further investigation is going on,” added Mandlik.

Mukesh, also called “Bhuvaji”, had told Sheikh that there is a ritual through which childless women would conceive a child and “money will shower” for those who wanted money.

“The accused (Bhuvaji) made the woman believe that through the ritual ‘money will shower’, and all the three, Mukesh, Dilawar and the woman will divide the money among themselves,” said the DCP.

In order to perform the ritual, the woman was first taken from Ahmedabad to Kheda, then to Mahisagar and then to Dahod, near the Rajasthan border. The crime was committed in a quack’s clinic near the border, informed Mandlik.

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