Self-styled tantric Shrawan Mahto arrested after video of him swinging small children as part of ‘ritual’ goes viral

The video showed the tantrik performing a bizzare ritual on toddlers in the presence of their parents, in the name of ‘curing them’.A video of a self-styled tantrik (occultalist) named Shrawan Mahto has gone viral on social media on Thursday (October 9, 2026) in which the stark red-attired man is seen swinging kids, mostly toddlers and bashing them on the ground in the name of “curing them.”