BOKARO: Hundreds of residents of Madwataad village in Gomia block took out a procession with a tantric and his two women followers after shaving their heads as they failed to revive a dead woman from the grave on Tuesday evening. The villagers were venting their anger on Jitendera Besra for cheating them by making false claims of his divine power in exchange for money. More than 500 villagers assembled to watch the "divine power" of Besra, who along with Surajmuni Devi and Badki Devi, created a scene by chanting mantras and meditating a few meters away from the grave of Vandana Devi for more than 24 hours. But when his tricks failed to make Vandana alive from the grave according to his claim, the crowd lost their patience. Besra admitted in front of the people that he had lied to them about his divine power. Enraged by it, the people shaved the heads of the three and took them around in a procession. Mahdeo Manjhi, a villager said, Vandana had died a month ago following snakebite. Her husband Kandulal Manjhi was working in Bangalore. A few days ago, Besra came to this tribal-dominated village and claimed that he could make the dead people alive with supernatural power. He approached Kandulal with his claim and demanded Rs 1 lakh for performing the rituals. Kandulal agreed to pay. "He is a cheat and wanted to earn money from us. The incident has opened our eyes and we will never indulge in such superstition again," said Aasim Manjhi, the gram pradhan. DSP, Bermo, Santosh Pathak said police have come to know about the incident. "But nobody lodges a complaint in this matter which has made it difficult for police to lodge an FIR." The village is far-flung and the area has a significant Maoist presence which is why police could not reach on time, he said.