The brand new legislation got here into impact on September 2.
Rajkot:
Gujarat police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly performing some rituals inside a crematorium and sharing a video of it on social media claiming that he possessed supernatural powers, an official stated on Friday.
With this, the police have registered the primary case beneath the brand new Gujarat Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Different Inhuman, Evil, and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, the official stated.
The police arrested the accused, Ashwin Makwana, on October 15 after a video of him performing rituals at a crematorium in Dhoraji city of Rajkot district went viral on social media.
Inspector RJ Godham, a complainant within the first data report (FIR), confirmed that this was the primary FIR registered within the state beneath the newly enacted legislation towards black magic and different such actions.
“This new legislation got here into impact on September 2 by means of a gazette notification, and after we tried to add the FIR on our eGujCop platform on October 15, we learnt that no code was assigned to that Act. This proves that no FIRs had been registered beneath it earlier than this. A code was generated later, and we turned the primary police station to file an FIR beneath it,” Godham stated.
On August 21, the Gujarat meeting handed the invoice to curb the menace of black magic and different superstitious and inhuman practices. It turned an Act after the governor gave his assent.
Within the video, an individual is seen performing rituals inside a crematorium run by the municipality within the Kumbharwada space. After a while, he circles a pyre and sleeps on it whereas reciting some strains.
“Throughout our investigation, we learnt that the particular person within the video was Ashwin Makwana, a sanitation employee. He uploaded the video on his Instagram account however deleted it after it went viral on WhatsApp. An area court docket has granted him bail,” the official stated.
He stated the accused claimed that he all the time believed in tantric rituals and black magic, however this was the primary time he carried out such rituals in public and shot a video.
Makwana wished to create an impression that he possessed supernatural powers and knew black magic. He additionally wished to show a lesson to those that had made enjoyable of his claims prior to now, the official stated.
Although offences beneath the Act are cognisable and non-bailable, Makwana was granted bail by the court docket the following day, he added.
As per the Act, no particular person shall carry out and even promote human sacrifice and different inhuman, evil and ‘aghori’ practices and black magic, and an individual discovered responsible of such offences should face imprisonment of six months to seven years with a advantageous starting from Rs 5,000 to 50,000.
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