India, Aug. 9 -- A man was caught in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur while allegedly performing a "tantric ritual" with a photograph of the chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court in his efforts to secure bail for a relative, an official said on Sunday.

According to the official, the incident took place at a cremation ground in Devri village under Sipat police station limits on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, news agency PTI reported.

The accused has been identified as Rishikesh Kumar, and was performing the ritual with three other people. Kumar was apprehended after the villagers in Devri saw four men engaging in suspicious activities late at night, and confronted them on the alleged ritual. Thereafter, three of them ran away, b...