Pune Woman Forced To Bathe In Public Under 'Ritual To Conceive A Son', Case Filed

In a shocking incident, a woman from Maharashtra's Pune was forced by her husband and in-laws to take a bath naked in front of people as part of a "ritual" advised by the local occultist to conceive a son. Following a complaint by the woman, a case was registered against four people including the husband, in-laws and the occultist named Moulana Baba Jamadar.

They have been booked under Indian Penal Code section 498 (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and relevant sections of Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013, Pune's Bharti Vidyapeeth police official said

Man forces wife to take bath in public

“The couple did not have children. On the advice of the mantrik, the woman was taken to a waterfall in Raigad district and forced to take bath in front of everyone. A probe is underway,” he further added.

According to the police the woman in her complaint alleged that her in-laws have been harassing her mentally and physically since 2013 for dowry and for not giving birth to a male child, following which she was also going through several black magic ritual on many occasions.

He further told news agency Asian News International, "Recently a local occultist asked them to make the women take a bath naked under the waterfall in public and assured them that it would result in her giving birth to a male child, following the rituals the woman was taken to Raigad District and told to take bath naked in full public view."

The police further said that the woman has also alleged that her signature was forged by her husband to take a loan of rupees 75 lakh against her property for business purposes.

Following the complaint of the women, Pune Police have registered an FIR and an investigation is being carried out.

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