The first case has been registered in Gujarat under the recently implemented Black Magic Act. Gujarat Police has arrested a 29-year-old man for performing some rituals inside a crematorium and sharing its video on social media, claiming that he has supernatural powers.
The first case has been registered in Gujarat under the recently implemented Black Magic Act. Gujarat Police has arrested a 29-year-old man for performing some rituals inside a crematorium and sharing its video on social media, claiming that he has supernatural powers.
Gujarat Police has arrested a 29-year-old man for performing some rituals inside a crematorium and sharing its video on social media, an official said on Friday. The video claims that he has supernatural powers. With this, the police have registered the first case under the new Gujarat Prevention and Abolition of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, the official said.
Police arrested the accused Ashwin Makwana on October 15 after a video of him performing rituals at a crematorium in Dhoraji town in Rajkot district went viral on social media, he said. Inspector RJ Godham, the complainant in this FIR, confirmed that this is the first FIR registered in the state under the new Act against black magic and other such activities.
In the video, a man is seen performing rituals inside the crematorium run by the municipality in Kumbharwada area. After some time, he goes around a pyre and falls asleep on it while reciting a few lines. The officer said that during investigation it was revealed that the person seen in the video was Ashwin Makwana, a sanitation worker. She had uploaded the video on her Instagram account, but removed it after it went viral on WhatsApp.
He said the accused claimed that he always believed in tantric rituals and black magic. This was the first time she performed such rituals in public and shot a video. Makwana wanted to create the impression that he had supernatural powers and knew black magic. The officer said he also wanted to teach a lesson to those who mocked his claims.
Let us tell you that on August 21, Gujarat Assembly passed a bill to prevent the menace of black magic and other superstitious and inhuman practices. This Act became effective after the consent of the Governor.
He said offenses under the Act are cognizable and non-bailable, but Makwana was granted bail by the court the next day. According to the Act, no person shall perform or promote human sacrifice and other inhumane, evil and ‘Aghori’ practices and black magic. A person found guilty of such crimes will have to face imprisonment of six months to seven years and a fine of Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000.
