Sangli murders: MANS demands invoking of anti-superstition act against ‘mantrik’, aide

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The Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS) has demanded that the anti-superstition law must be invoked in the case of the killing of nine members of a family in Mhaisal town of the state’s Sangli district in which the police have arrested two people, including a mantrik or a self-proclaimed godman who had promised the family “hidden treasure”.
The mantrik, Abbas Ahmedali Bagwan, and his aide and driver Dheeraj Suravase were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing the family by poisoning. The police have invoked murder charges against them after their alleged role in the nine deaths.
On Wednesday, a team of MANS, including Dr Hamid Dabholkar—the son of slain anti-superstition activist and the organisation’s founder Dr Narendra Dabholkar—met Sangli’s superintendent of police Dikshit Gedam. The MANS team submitted a representation seeking application of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013, in the case.
They also sought stringent action against other such mantriks and self-proclaimed godmen in the district who claim to have supernatural powers and dupe people. The team also met the relatives of the Vanmore family, the Mhaisal residents’ group, and Gram Panchayat members.
The police are yet to invoke the Act in the case and investigators have said that a call invoking the anti-superstition legislation will be taken as the probe progresses.
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