A Chartered accountant (CA) from Dadar, Bharat Gala, has accused three people of extorting Rs 2 crore from him on pretext of getting him accounting and taxation-related work in Jodhpur-based companies. Gala, 59, a resident of Thane, said he submitted a written complaint with the Naupada police station in Thane on Saturday evening, but the first information report (FIR) is yet to be registered.

Gala said that one Ishwar Warkhade, a tantrik, and his accomplices, Mohammad Akram and Yogesh Prajapati, manipulated him psychologically “possibly involving black magic” and extorted over Rs 2 crore from him. Bharat Gala’s son Kevin Gala said that they were completely unaware of the incident, adding that it had been going on since January when his father was approached by Akram, who had offered him a business model.