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Some of India's most high-profile television hosts dedicated their entire shows to discussing the case, describing her as a "manipulative" woman who "performed black magic" and "drove Sushant to suicide".

The men were opposed to Mr Uddin’s practice of Ruqyah, a form of exorcism which is regarded by some as “black magic”, said Jason Beer KC, counsel to the inquiry.

And in a significant departure, Wainwright dabbles in the supernatural: Her heroine, the commoner Nell Jackson, can summon otherworldly strength and agility to battle the black magic wielded by her higher-born foes.

They’re snared or poisoned not only in retaliation for preying on livestock but also because they’re considered vermin and purveyors of black magic.

Ella asked, wondering if he used the black magic oil her papa did.