Jyotish Awareness

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|| Om Gurave Namah ||

 

Dear Jyotishas,

 

Following is an interesting news item. News, Such as these, makes me think

about ways to reduce/remove such cheats. (I think this cannot be totally

eliminated, Can the Sun (Jyotisha) ever escape an eclipse?)

All Learned Jyotishas, should try to educate the common men about basics of

Jyotish so they do not fall in the traps of such Jyotish. Educating more

people about Jyotish is the only way.

 

Warm Regards

Sanjay P

 

 

 

Kalam 'jyotishi' failed to read his own future

 

The Mahim police on Tuesday arrested a wannabe astrologer who has duped

hundreds of people by claiming to be President APJ Abdul Kalam's personal

forecaster. Shriram Ramrao Kulkarni alias Gokul Ramrao Satpute, 37, who ran

his Balaji Jyotishalaya from a plush office in Mahim, had a huge picture of

his with President Kalam, morphed at a photo studio in Vashi for Rs 130,

placed prominently at the entrance. He would tell his clients that the

President often sought his guidance while dealing with matters of national

importance.

 

Many fell for the trick. The police now have in their possession a fat diary

with names and numbers of Satpute's clients. " His morphed connection with

the President of India seemed to have worked. The list of his clients is

long and phone numbers and addresses tell us that people flocked to him from

far-off places, " said investigating officer API Jayavant Chauhan.

 

The police have also recovered a closed-circuit TV camera and some recording

equipment from Satpute's office. " We suspect he may have recorded his

interactions with women clients and then used the same to blackmail them. We

are looking into this angle too, " Senior Inspector Joe Gaekwad said.

 

Receipt books detailing the occult services Satpute offered, calendars and

other publicity material of Balaji Jyotishalaya have been seized.

Satpute's luck ran out when one of his clients, Chetan Vitthal Mahadik, 24,

lodged a complaint of cheating with the Mahim police.

 

Mahadik had approached Satpute after coming across an advertisement for

Balaji Jyotishalaya in a newspaper. " The first thing that struck when I

entered Satpute's office was this picture where he is seen holding President

Kalam's hand. He told me he knew Kalam for many years. The picture looked

real. I was impressed, " Mahadik told Mumbai Mirror on Wednesday.

 

Satpute, however, had some disturbing news for Mahadik. He said a tantrik

had put a curse on Mahadik and that he would die in a few days' time if

corrective measures were not taken quickly. He suggested a puja in a

crematorium amidst burning pyres. A shaken Mahadik paid Rs 10,000 up front

to Satpute and another Rs 5000 a few days before the puja.

 

" Satpute took me to the crematorium at Ghatkopar. He told me he had powers

to communicate with the dead. After the puja he demanded Rs 50,000 more.

That is when I grew suspicious and approached Mahim police, " said Mahadik.

The cops picked up Satpute and one of his accomplices, Jitendra Borje, the

same day.

 

Satpute's father, Ramrao Satpute, also was an astrologer. But the father

disappeared under mysterious circumstances eight months ago and the son took

over the practice.

 

Senior Inspector Gaekwad said his men have begun to establish contact

Satpute's clients. " It's going to take time because the list is long. But

very soon we will have all details of what Satpute was up to in the past

eight months and how many people he has fooled using President Kalam's

name, " he said.