Can the gods lift the guru's 'curse' on Lalu Yadav?

Lalu Prasad’s current political troubles are being attributed to a “curse” (shrap) put on him by his late guru and renowned tantric.

Pagla Baba, or Vibhuti Narayan, had an ashram in Mirzapur, not far from Varanasi. He was a follower of Lord Shiva and the Aghori tradition and was known to be short-tempered, but had a devoted following. Prasad had been visiting him for years. The Rashtriya Janata Dal chief went to him in 2013 after getting some relief from the Supreme Court in the fodder scam case. TV visuals from the trip showed Prasad acknowledging Pagla Baba as his “guru”,