Sohaib Alam claimed to be a practitioner of occult science and was arrested on Monday after the woman approached police and narrated the incident, following which a case of rape was registered, a senior police official said.
In her complaint the woman alleged that she wanted to get rid of another woman, with whom her husband was involved in an extra-marital affair.
It was her sister-in-law who had recommended her the name of the occultist. On Monday, she went to Alam's clinic where he convinced her for a special ritual requiring exorcism, the official said.