Places like Moghalpura have a history of such 'aamils' who con the innocent ," he said. They are like parasites who latch on to hosts and destroy them. "The Old City has become a hotbed of 'aamils'. Mohammed Turab of Confederation of Voluntary Organisations (COVA), claims that there are around 300 such practitioners across the city. Activists say that these devious individuals not only thrive conning the uneducated in slums but also the affluent in Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and Toli Chowki. He has asked me to chant a few verses and said it will work," Waseem said. "I went to the murshid (aamil) and he assured me that I would marry my girlfriend. Khan had approached the local 'aamil' about six months ago and sought to remedy his crumbling love life. Another such instance is that of Waseem Khan (name changed), a resident of Moghalpura, who has unflinching faith in his baba. The 'aamil' charges anywhere between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000, depending on the 'seriousness' of the problem, he said. My father, who is a lawyer, will be upset if I lodge a complaint," Kalam added. "This means that he knows everything that is happening in our family. He promises that all family and property disputes will be settled provided that he is informed of them," Kalam said. The 'aamil' has fleeced my father and me to no end. "Instead of spending money on medicines I have ended up paying money for musk, ink, paper and lot of trouble. Shockingly, it was not a medical practitioner who went smiling all the way to the bank, but a kohl-eyed 'aamil' who has been operating in Bahadurpura, fleecing many other gullible residents like Kalam's father. For instance Khaja Abdul Kalam (name changed), an NRI techie based out of Qatar, whose medical expenses incurred for treating his father have reached Rs 3 lakh in around two and a half years. Some have even brazenly put up their pictures on banners, proclaiming themselves as 'rectifiers of marital discord'. HYDERABAD: The Old City is under the spell of the black magicians or the neighbourhoodbaba, who in exchange for a few hundreds, promise 'patients' a life free of ailments.
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