Occultist helped housewife stage theft of family gold, say cops

IT seemed like the re-enactment of the robbery scene in the Malayalam movie 'Kooman'. According to Aluva police, Laila, the wife of Ibrahim Kutty, of Chembakassery, staged the dramatic theft, transferring gold jewellery and cash from her home to an Islamic teacher named Anwar, who also practised occult. The incident was uncovered on Saturday.

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Laila orchestrated the theft under the guidance of Anwar, who she had met through a relative two years ago. It emerged that she used to regularly gift him gold and money. She was drawn to the crime after being convinced by Anwar that her husband and children were at risk of dying due to misfortune. He persuaded her to pay him in money and gold to perform remedies.