Sangavi

Mohan C Lazarus

Jesus Christ

J Jadhav

Jadhav

DCP

Ajay S Chandkhede

In a case of duping people in the name of faith, a Pune man has filed a complaint against two people who claimed they would heal his disease with their prayers.The event ‘Jesus Redeems: Deliverance Festival’ was held at the PWD ground, a stone’s throw frompolice station on November 10 to 12, last year, and the prayer deliverers wereand A Appadurai. During the event the men took turns in delivering religious speeches in the name ofand claimed to have healed many people in distress.The complainant,, who works at a private firm, was going to office on November 12, 2017, when he reportedly noticed the fest at which people were being treated.suffers from a rare skin disease called systemic sclerosis wherein his skin hardens at the joints and bleeds once the skin gets old. He has been suffering from the disease for the last seven years.“I was just passing by the venue when I heard that people were getting healed through prayers. I didn’t believe initially but I entered the venue out of curiosity. The speaker was claiming to be heal people with a single prayer. Also, I saw that their followers were carrying buckets and collecting money from people. The buckets were getting full in no time as there were at least 5,000 people at the venue,” said Jadhav, who filed the complaint on November 12, 2017, though it went unheard.“After a while, people were told a story of a two-year-old boy whose heart beat wasn’t regular, which was cured through prayers,” said the man in his complaint.He added, “Finding the practice fishy, I went to the police but they only took a complaint and asked me to leave. Since then I had been following up but nothing has been done. But when I went to them on Tuesday, they told me that they would register an FIR against these people soon as the matter is with theof the region. They also said that they are waiting for a translator who could translate the footage from Hindi to Marathi to help them investigate the case.”Meanwhile, the police have said that the FIR would be registered this week and that the investigation is on in the case.“We have received the complaint and will be filing the FIR very soon as there are loopholes on the organisers’ part. We can’t say if this is a case of black magic, but we are sure that there is something fishy,” said inspector, attached with Sangavi police station, while speaking to Mirror.