Words will not do this video justice. It has to be seen to be believed.
It features Anwarullah Khan aka Disco Baba from Hyderabad. The Deccan Chronicle reported that Khan was able to dupe one Syed Iftikar Hussain to the tune of Rs 35 lakh by telling him that he would discover gold in their house through black magic.
Khan was one of 16 people to have been arrested in the city for extorting money from people by claiming extraordinary powers. Disco Baba was a self-style unani doctor who has also allegedly tortured children.
But the urge to dance doesn't seem to have left the Baba despite his arrest, and in the video, he can be seen shaking a leg for the benefit of policemen as strains of the Mithun Chakraborty-classic I Am A Disco Dancer can be heard in the background.
The question, of course is: who turned the music on?
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