A 33-year-old man from Vitthalwadi in Ulhasnagar township here has been booked for allegedly practising witchcraft on his wife, police said today.

PI V K Rathod of Vitthalwadi police station told PTI that the offence was registered yesterday against Roopesh Pawar under section 30 of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013 by Nerul police which was subsequently transferred to them.