The arrests of several black magicians in the City brought out many dark stories of which the incredible tale of Sammah Bin Masroor alias Sammah Chawush is the most astonishing one. It says how he, now in his 60s, has officially married thrice but has in all 24 wives and an uncertain number of children and grandchildren spread across the City.
Known as Amil (magician) Sammah’s two sons and one wife were held during the drive against black magic following several complaints of victims who say they were financially and sexually exploited.
Amil has his ‘treatment centre’ at Moghulpura near Asra Hospital. Based on a recent complaint by Rubia, 38, Moghulpura police inspector Syed Faiyaz Ahmed arrested Sammah’s two sons, Arrar and Aqueel and one daughter-in-law by name Safiya for indulging in black magic and cheating. However, it is said that Sammah senior managed to slip away and got an anticipatory bail.
Inspector Faiyaz Ahmed found out that Sammah runs his treating shop in his old house and everyday hundreds of people come. His clerk or munshi issues a slip and charges `20 first for saying the duah (invoking divine blessing). Treatment costs are usually extra.
Complainants, mostly women, said Amil in his younger days and his sons now take extra interest in women ‘patients’ who believe the magician can do what the doctors can’t. They are called in and after the maiden meeting they call them to various places on the pretext of treatment and seek favour in cash and sex.
A charitable man
Sammah has also kept a façade of charity. The Moghul-pura police found that Sammah was a healthy, good looking footballer in his heyday. He was popular with girls. Gradually he found black magic to be a paying proposition. Now, after he grew old, one of his wives, Safiya has opened a ‘women’s wing’ for treatment and Amil takes care of the males.
He runs a welfare society for poor girls! Police have seized many incriminating things and documents from Amil’s place which included lashes, nails, joss-sticks, dry coconuts used in tantra, photocopies of some passports and land deals besides some pictures showing Amil with VIPs which included a top cricketer from Hyderabad.
–Source: postnoon