Tantrik learnt to make poison laddus from ‘guru’, say police

Charge sheet filed

- Hemani Bhandari

Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a 550-page charge sheet against 72-year-old Kamruddin Baba alias Nasiruddin, a self-styled tantrik arrested in February for allegedly poisoning three people to death with laddus laced with sulphas and sleeping pills before fleeing with ₹2 lakh they had brought for a purported “dhan varsha” ritual meant to multiply money.

According to the charge-sheet, the three victims — Randhir Singh, Shiv Naresh and Lakshmi —had travelled from Baprola in west Delhi to meet the tantrik at Loni in Ghaziabad on February 8, carrying the cash in a pink polythene bag for the ritual. Police alleged that the accused boarded their car near Loni, fed them laddus laced with poison and sedatives, rendering them semiconscious (they later died), and escaped with the money.

The charges were filed under sections 103(1) and 124 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which pertain to murder and causing grievous hurt by using corrosive substances, respectively.

Police said the accused targeted people seeking solutions to financial, medical and personal problems under the guise of occult practices and planned the Loni robbery after learning that the victims would be carrying ₹2 lakh for the ritual.