Maharashtra may have been the first state to pass a law against black magic and superstitious acts, but such beliefs and practices are still rampant. Even within city limits, people can be spotted performing black magic, as mid-day discovered while passing through Aarey Milk colony late at night recently.

On Monday night, this reporter saw a group carrying out a clandestine ritual with these materials in Aarey Colony. When asked about it, however, the group fled the spot