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In a associated operation, a city-based NGO and officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) connected Friday arrested a 45-year-old self-styled godman for allegedly selling show lizard genitals, claiming to resoluteness the problems of their clients done magical powers to power their partner.
The accused has been identified arsenic Dakshina Murthy. Investigators said helium was besides progressive successful the amerciable merchantability of brushed coral and different wildlife articles, operating his concern done societal media platforms.
Members of CARE, an NGO progressive successful carnal rescue and rehabilitation, approached the DRI officials aft receiving circumstantial accusation that the accused had been moving an online racket for respective years, selling show lizard genitals astatine ₹10,000 a piece. The accused besides allegedly sold brushed coral to clients, claiming it could bring bully luck and luck, sources said.
As portion of the operation, 1 of the NGO members posed arsenic a prospective lawsuit online and aboriginal visited the accused location successful Nagashettyhalli, pursuing which the accusation was passed connected to the officials.
During the raid, the officials recovered 206 show lizard genitals, 1.5 kg of brushed coral, a tiger skin, and different materials allegedly utilized to execute rituals, which were besides uploaded arsenic videos connected his societal media accounts. The seized articles person been handed implicit to the Forest Department officials for further analysis.
The sources said the accused had astir 25,000 followers crossed the country, with galore clients approaching him for issues related to emotion nonaccomplishment and idiosyncratic problems.
The investigators revealed that the accused sourced the wildlife articles done contacts successful Tamil Nadu and different regions.
The accused has been booked nether assorted sections of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and has been taken into custody for further investigation.
Incidents of educated radical approaching specified quacks for psychic healing and resolving their occupation done “divine interventions” are connected the rise.
In November past year, the Jnana Bharathi constabulary arrested a quack and his subordinate for allegedly cheated a city-based bundle technologist of ₹48 lakh by promising a cure for his intersexual wellness issues, and aboriginal threatening him erstwhile helium refused to wage more.
