Bengaluru: A 50-year-old woman alleged that the criminals had sucked more than Rs 4.4 Crore from him by putting up fear in saying that he was susceptible to magic and, therefore, facing difficulties in life.
The police of the Basavanagudi has arrested two people, including a woman, and has recovered around RS10 lakh in cash, 1kg gold jewelry and 12kg silver articles from them.
The defendant was Jayashri, 48, a resident of Tyagarajanagar, and Rakesh KV, 37, a resident of the 3rd Banashankari stage.
Shantha (name changed), a citizen Koramangala, told the police that he knew Jayashri for more than two years and used to share everything with him about his personal life, including several legal issues.
Jayashri told Shantha that he had good knowledge of magic, said his relatives had practiced it to him.
Jayashri suggested black magic to get rid of Shantha the problem, said that he would not and his family would bleed to death.
Afraid, Shantha discussed this with her husband Gurudev and asked Jayashri to do black magic to save his family.
A person identified as Busan and Jayashri claimed to have made Magic Black at his home in July last year.
Since then until March this year, gang collects more than Rs 4.4 Crore from Shantha and her husband.
The couple borrows money from friends and promises their gold jewelry.
The couple suspected something suspicious because their problems were not lost.
On July 18, the couple visited Jayashri’s residence and asked him to return their money.
But Jayashri and a group of men allegedly attacked the couple and threatened to kill them.
According to sources, Jayashri is a self-proclaimed fortune teller, who once told people that they had to do special pujas to get out of the problem and would extort money from them.