<p>The long list of 'babas' of different kinds in India found a new entrant. But his own devotees would not like to touch even with a ten-foot pole.</p>.<p>Intending to encash on the prevailing panic among the people in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Ahmed Siddique, a resident of Wazirganj locality in Lucknow, turned into a 'coronawale baba' overnight.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/coronavirus-updates-live-four-dead-in-china-hotel-collapse-quater-of-italy-population-put-under-lockdown-799686.html?_ga=2.27375036.1653821018.1584104499-1536226147.1579870440#1" target="_blank">Track live updates on the coronavirus here</a></strong></p>.<p>Ahmed claimed that he had a<em> 'tabij' </em>(amulet), that prevented and also treated coronavirus infection. He also put up a board on the entrance of his house with the similar claim.</p>.<p>''Those, who can not buy masks or sanitizers, can buy the <em>tabij</em> for just Rs. 11 and remain protected from the virus,'' claimed the board.</p>.<p>On getting the information, a police team on Saturday raided Siddique's house and arrested him under different sections of the IPC. ''We will prosecute him under more stringent sections of the IPC,'' said a police official here.</p>
<p>The long list of 'babas' of different kinds in India found a new entrant. But his own devotees would not like to touch even with a ten-foot pole.</p>.<p>Intending to encash on the prevailing panic among the people in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Ahmed Siddique, a resident of Wazirganj locality in Lucknow, turned into a 'coronawale baba' overnight.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/coronavirus-updates-live-four-dead-in-china-hotel-collapse-quater-of-italy-population-put-under-lockdown-799686.html?_ga=2.27375036.1653821018.1584104499-1536226147.1579870440#1" target="_blank">Track live updates on the coronavirus here</a></strong></p>.<p>Ahmed claimed that he had a<em> 'tabij' </em>(amulet), that prevented and also treated coronavirus infection. He also put up a board on the entrance of his house with the similar claim.</p>.<p>''Those, who can not buy masks or sanitizers, can buy the <em>tabij</em> for just Rs. 11 and remain protected from the virus,'' claimed the board.</p>.<p>On getting the information, a police team on Saturday raided Siddique's house and arrested him under different sections of the IPC. ''We will prosecute him under more stringent sections of the IPC,'' said a police official here.</p>