India, July 17 -- Why would anyone be carrying genitalia of monitor lizards and remains of soft corals? These items linked with tantric rituals and other occult beliefs were allegedly being sold by Yagya Dutt, a 38-year-old man arrested from Faridabad on Wednesday.

Posing as an astrologer, he was allegedly selling the lizard genitalia (locally known as 'hatha jodi') and soft coral ('indrajaal') from his office in the name of spiritual remedies. His business was online too.

The seizure list included three pieces of monitor lizards genitalia and five pieces of soft coral.

These items originate from protected species. The monitor lizard, in particular, is listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, which gives it the hig...