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A doctoral student from Amity University has been cheated out of more than Rs 20 lakh by two men who posed as astrologers and promised her good fortune, Delhi police said on Thursday. The accused asked the woman to perform rituals and puja, and also allegedly told her to “sacrifice a human being” if she wants to be happy.
The defendants, identified as Tannu (25) and Gaurav (25), were arrested by Delhi Police Cyber Cell.
Police said the woman was living with her family in Delhi and grieving after a split with her boyfriend in 2020. Also facing issues with her studies and career, she found a website with phone numbers of men listed as “Tantrik”. The accused asked him to perform rituals to help bring good fortune in return for Rs 20 lakh. Later, the men would also ask him for a human sacrifice.
According to police, the woman approached the Cyber Cell after the accused refused to take her calls and blocked her. The woman alleged in her complaint in May 2021 that the accused had been cheating on her for a year.
“She told us that she had broken up and was also having trouble in her career. She got the phone numbers of the defendants via a Google search. The men also have a website where they pose as The woman discussed her problems with the men on several occasions and they assured her that they could help her with their ‘mystical powers’,” a senior police officer said.
The accused offered the woman to start doing rituals and asked her to pay Rs 20 lakh. The amount was paid in installments throughout the year.
They also told him that if the puja did not work, they would pay him Rs 40 lakh. From December 2020 to April 2021, the woman deposited more than Rs 20 lakh in her account.
However, when none of her “wishes” came true and she approached the men, they allegedly told her to sacrifice a human.
“The men promised that they had mystical powers and they could connect with the gods. They asked her for human sacrifice or said she would have to pay Rs 20 lakh more for the rituals. The woman s “realized she was being scammed and demanded her money. The men stopped answering her calls and ran away,” the officer said.
A case of cheating was recorded and the investigation team analyzed the call records and bank statements of the victim and the accused.
A team led by ACP Raman Lamba under the supervision of DCP (Cyber) KPS Malhotra identified the accused and carried out several raids in Punjab and Rajasthan.
Tannu was arrested in Amritsar last week. His cousin, Gaurav was arrested in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan.
The defendant confessed to his crime and said he started cheating on the woman during the first Covid-induced lockdown to make money. They said that a few of their relatives were astrologers and knew a little about the craft.
