Black magic at Lilavati Hospital? 8 urns with human skulls, bones found beneath trustees’ office floor

Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital has found itself embroiled in controversy after the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMMT) reported that over ₹1,500 crore was misused by former trustees and others linked to the trust. The current trustees complained that ‘black magic’ was performed on the hospital premises by erstwhile trustees and people related to them.

Parambir Singh, former Commissioner of Mumbai Police and now Lilavati Hospital's Executive Director, told reporters on Wednesday that the trustees allegedly responsible are in Belgium and Dubai.

The Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust has lodged separate complaints with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Bandra Police Station regarding this.

The complaints allege that the misappropriation of funds, uncovered during a forensic audit of Lilavati Hospital's financial records, has impacted the trust's operations and healthcare services provided by the leading private medical facility located in the upscale Bandra area, PTI reported.

Black Magic in Lilavati Hospital?

Lilavati Hospital‘s trustee Prashant Mehta claimed that eight urns containing bones and human hair were found under the office of the current trustees.

“We filed complaints which translated into FIRs due to the orders of the Bandra Magistrate Court. More than three FIRs have been filed against the former trustees and other related individuals. A fourth proceeding against these individuals is now pending before the learned magistrate which is based on our complaint filed in the Bandra Police Station for black magic and occult practices,” Prashant Mehta said.

Speaking about black magic rituals performed on the hospital premises, he said, "We have discovered more than seven urns with human hair and skulls."

Mehta said that the black magic ritual allegation was brought to his notice in December 2024 by some former employees who used to work at the hospital.

Mehta said that he had directed the hospital's engineering department to break the office's flooring. After doing so, they found the objects and recorded everything on video.

What did forensic audit reveal?

The current trustees of Lilavati Hospital took control of the trust after a long legal battle. Two firms, Chetan Dalal Investigation and Management Services and ADB and Associates, worked as forensic auditors.

The audit found large-scale irregularities, manipulation and siphoning of funds by the former trustees, Mehta alleged.

"We undertook audits and the forensic auditors came up with more than five reports, which clearly stated that more than ₹1,500 crore had been siphoned and misappropriated by the illegal group of trustees. This money has been siphoned off by former trustees most of whom are NRIs and residents of Dubai and Belgium," he alleged.

The allegations include illegal dealings with third-party distributors during procurements and utilising trust funds for personal expenses.