The Malad police arrested a self-proclaimed tantrik baba who performed black magic and hypnotised women with the intention of having sex with them. He was arrested on last evening while molesting a lady at her house in Malad (West).

The accused, identified as Jagdish Bhatt (35), lives in Virar. The police said that he used door-to-door visits to buildings between Dahisar and Goregaon targeting housewives. According to police, at 4 pm on Wednesday, the victim Smita (name changed to protect identity)(37), was alone at her house in Malad (West).