The household’s elation has turned to ache in simply two weeks.
Lucknow:
A heart-warming story of a mom’s long-lost son returning as a monk after 22 years has, in lower than a fortnight, devolved right into a heart-rending story of a household being scammed.
The enjoyment of Delhi resident Bhanumati Singh knew no bounds when she was reunited final month along with her son Pinku, who had left residence on the age of 11. She had scolded Pinku over enjoying an excessive amount of and, in a match of rage, he had run away from their Delhi residence in 2002.
Final month, Bhanumati and her husband, Ratipal Singh, received info that an ascetic was visiting Ratipal’s native village, Kharauli in Amethi, and he bore the identical scar as Pinku. His relations – together with his sister, who stays within the village – requested Ratipal and Bhanumati to hurry to Kharauli and, after they reached there on January 27, the ascetic advised them that he was certainly their son.
A video of the ascetic in search of alms from Bhanumati, singing folks songs a few king who left his kingdom to turn into a monk, went viral. Within the video, tears of pleasure may be seen streaming down Bhanumati’s cheek.
A twist adopted, with a much bigger one but to come back.
Pinku advised them that he had taken sanyaas (renounced earthly pleasures) and needed to return to his monastery, Parasnath Math, in Jharkhand. He mentioned his guru had advised him his initiation can be full solely after he visited Ayodhya after which took alms from his members of the family.
The mother and father initially refused to let Pinku go however, realising that his coronary heart was set on following the trail he was on, finally gave in. Villagers got here collectively to contribute 13 quintals of foodgrain as alms and Ratipal’s sister additionally gave him Rs 11,000. Ratipal purchased Pinku a telephone and requested him to be in contact. Pinku left the village on February 1.
Police Criticism
After Pinku left, he started calling Ratipal and mentioned he needed to return to them, however claimed that individuals on the monastery had advised him he could not accomplish that till he had given them Rs 10 lakh. This, he advised Ratipal, was the worth a monk needed to pay to return to household life.
Determined to have his son again with the household, Ratipal offered his land within the village for Rs 11.2 lakh after which advised Pinku that he would come to Jharkhand to offer the cash to the monastery.
Based on a police official, Pinku gave a number of causes – none very plausible – for why Ratipal shouldn’t come to the monastery. He additionally started insisting that Ratipal ship him the cash through financial institution switch or utilizing a UPI app.
This made Ratipal suspicious and he started making enquiries, solely to seek out that there was no Hindu monastery in Jharkhand by the identify of Parasnath Math.
”On Saturday, Ratipal filed a criticism in Jais police station (in Amethi district),” mentioned Tiloi Circle Officer Ajay Kumar Singh.
Police then discovered that the person masquerading as Pinku was truly somebody referred to as Nafees from Gonda village, who was attempting to rip-off the household.
Household Enterprise?
An official mentioned additional enquiries revealed that Nafees’ brother, Rashid, had posed as an ascetic and cheated a household of lakhs utilizing practically the identical playbook in July 2021. Ravi, the son of a person named Budhiram Vishwakarma had gone lacking from Sahaspura village 14 years in the past and Rashid had reached the village pretending to be an ascetic. He claimed he was Ravi and requested Budhiram’s spouse for alms.
The household made Rashid stick with them pondering he was Ravi after which he disappeared with lakhs in money. His true identification got here to the fore when he was arrested later.
A number of days earlier than Rashid reached Sahaspura village, a relative of Nafees confirmed up on the home of Kallu Rajbhar in Varanasi’s Hajipur village. In an ascetic’s apparel, he pretended to be Kallu’s son, who had gone lacking 15 years in the past.
’Investigation On’
Circle Officer Ajay Kumar Singh mentioned, ”Ratipal Singh has complained that his household gave an individual grain after being advised a person dressed as an ascetic was their son. He mentioned the individual is now calling him and attempting to cheat him. Investigation is on.”