India, April 2 -- For the last one week, police have been scouring CCTV footage to find who kept a bunch of lemons, coconut, sindoor and black voodoo dolls near the signboard of the Bombay High Court on University Road on March 24.

A similar set of articles, wrapped in newspapers, was also placed near a tree close to the exit gate of the high court towards Oval Maidan, said a police officer.

Based on a complaint by EB Shivkumar, Additional Registrar (Original Side) of the High Court, Azad Maidan police registered an FIR the next day, March 26, against unknown people under The Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.

In his complaint, the court offi...