Occultist held for murdering three in ‘dhanvarsha’ ritual in Delhi

Days after three our bodies have been recovered from a automobile parked beneath a flyover in west Delhi, in what initially gave the impression to be a case of suicide, the police on Wednesday (February 12, 2026) arrested a 72-year-old occultist for his or her homicide. Kamruddin alias Baba, who ran a ‘Tantric Centre’ in Loni, Ghaziabad, confessed to mixing poison within the laddus he provided to the three and, as quickly as they misplaced consciousness, made away with ₹2 lakh in money and different valuables he had sought as a part of a ritual to deliver them a “dhanvarsha (rain of cash)”.

The incident got here to gentle when the Paschim Vihar (East) police station acquired a name on February 8 about three individuals mendacity unconscious in a automobile parked beneath the Peeragarhi flyover. They have been rushed to a hospital, the place they have been declared useless on arrival. The deceased have been recognized as Randhir, 76, from Baprola, Shiv Naresh, 42, from Nagli Dairy and Laxmi, 40, from Jahangirpuri.

In line with the police, the three weren’t associated however knew one another. “Laxmi was the primary to be launched to Kamruddin. She visited him with the hope of getting her ailing husband handled. However he tricked her into believing that he may multiply their cash. She then launched him to the 2 others,” stated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Sachin Sharma.

Whereas the police initially handled the case as one in every of suicide, they explored the homicide angle after the victims’ households expressed suspicion over the circumstances through which the our bodies have been discovered.

Investigators recovered liquor bottles, chilly drink bottles, empty glasses, cellphones, money, helmets, jackets, Aadhaar playing cards and different private belongings from the automobile.

“Technical evaluation revealed that there had been 4, not three, individuals within the automobile. On investigating additional, we discovered that the victims had met Kamruddin on the day of the incident and that he had accompanied them on the way in which again from Loni, the place he fed them poisoned laddus, together with liquor, which precipitated their dying,” stated the DCP.

The officer added that circumstantial proof comparable to fingerprints has corroborated his presence within the car. On checking his antecedents, the police discovered that he had been booked in two homicide instances in Rajasthan (2014) and Uttar Pradesh (2025), the place he had executed related crimes — successful his victims’ belief, administering them poison and fleeing with their valuables.

A case of homicide has been registered on the Paschim Vihar (East) police station, and additional investigation is beneath approach, stated Mr. Sharma.