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The police have arrested four persons, including a police driver, from Burdwan for attempting to sell a "genie in a bottle" to a resident of Baguiati near Kolkata. The resident, Tapas Roy Choudhury, received a call from a friend informing that a "ghost", which would do anything for him and turn all his wishes into reality, was available for sale, police said yesterday. After an appointment with the seller, a Choudhury came to Burdwan town with his friend. Four people escorted them to a hotel and showed them a small bottle with a R1 coin in it and said the ghost was inside it.