Bengaluru IT officer duped by astrologer, loses ₹35 lakh jewelry
A Bengaluru income tax officer V Sathyanarayan was tricked by a roadside astrologer named Shekar into handing over family gold and silver worth up to ₹35 lakh.
Shekar used parrot astrology to claim Sathyanarayan faced career hurdles and convinced him that a special ritual, using the family's jewelry, would guarantee his job transfer.
Shekar vanished with both the ornaments and his parrot
After collecting the jewelry and charging an initial ₹50,000 for rituals, Shekar warned that skipping the ceremony could bring disaster on Sathyanarayan's family.
Soon after, Shekar vanished with both the ornaments and his parrot, stopped answering calls, and even issued threats.
Sathyanarayan filed an FIR on March 5; police are now searching for the absconding astrologer under charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust.