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IIT Mandi Director Claims to 'Have Driven Out Evil Spirits', Triggers Row

Dais Editorials | 15/01/2022 08:32 PM | Click to read full article

Newly-appointed IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Mandi director, Laxmidhar Behera, has sparked controversy after a video surfaced online where he is heard saying he was involved in an act of exorcism to rid his friend’s apartment and family of “evil spirits” by chanting “holy mantras.”

In the five-minute video clip, Behera recalls an incident from 1993 where he travelled to Chennai to help a friend whose “family was affected by ghosts”.

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