Bihar: 'Exorcist' tries to rape woman to 'cure' husband's cancer, arrested

Patna: An ‘exorcist’ from Bihar was finally caught by the long arm of the law after he attempted to rape a woman in order to ‘cure her husband of cancer’.

According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the incident took place at the ‘exorcist’ Dharmraj Gond’s ashram (house) at Dasaunti village under Mohania police station area of Kaimur district in south western Bihar last week.

60-year-old Gond found himself in trouble when the woman whose husband he was ‘treating’ started to scream out to her relatives outside the room as he attempted to rape her.

The woman’s family members, one of them an army man, informed Kaimur superintendent of police Harpreet Kaur on phone, causing the police to rush to the spot and arrest Gond.

Five human skulls, Rs 18,000 cash and fake cash memos were recovered from the house, said the report.

Gond had been running the business for two decades, involving his family as well. He has a criminal history, having been jailed for robbery back in 1993.

The victim said when she brought her husband to the exorcist, he told her that her husband’s cancer was in an advanced stage and could be cured after performing ‘pooja’ costing Rs 20,000.

The couple negotiated the sum down to Rs 15,000 and then the exorcist called the couple to his house at night for the special pooja.

She was taken alone to a dark room around midnight where human forms meant to resemble ‘Goddess Kali’ and ‘Bhairav’ blessed her.

But the woman realized that the voice of Kali was the same as that of the exorcist’s daughter. When the man tried to get physical with her, she cried out for help.

Gond’s daughter-in-law and a man posing as Bhairav are absconding, a police officer said.

The arrested ‘exorcist’ told the police he had brought the ‘human skulls’ from his Guru’s place in Uttar Pradesh. Unsure whether they were really human skulls, the police have sent them to Forensic Science Lab (FSL) in Patna, said the report.