Goa, Oct. 13 -- he accused, identified as Rahul (20), had posed as an online tantrik and ran an Instagram page named 'aghori_ji_rajasthan' to lure victims. The scam came to light when Manisha Naveen Jilouya, a resident of Delhi's Chanakyapuri, contacted him through Instagram.

Rahul convinced Manisha that her house was haunted and that special rituals were needed to remove the ghosts. To make it convincing, he even sent fake images depicting ghost-like figures. He then asked her to transfer Rs 1,14,000 for the rituals, after which he stopped responding to her calls and messages.

Manisha filed a complaint on the cybercrime portal, prompting the Delhi police to investigate. Tracking his mobile number, Instagram account, and bank transactio...