FNP BUREAU, VADODARA, The Warasiya police have registered an official complaint against a self proclaimed God man Dr. Prashant Upadhyay, for cheating a businessman and extracting ₹21 lakhs under the lieu of performing rituals and giving Gold yantra for growth in his business. The Warasiya police have registered an official complaint against the accuse,while the accuse managed abscond before the Police initiate actions against him.
The accuse Dr. Prashant Upadhyay, heads the Bhramastra Vidya Mandir at Warasiya area of Vadodara and claims to be a god man ,who helps the people to resolve their problems related to hinderence in business.
About three years ago Devraj Pandya ,who runs a factory of casting machinery spare parts at Halol, came in contact with him . He had been facing major issues in business ,due to which he consulted Dr. Prashant alias Prashant Guruji for mystical solutions.
The complainant had incurred a major loss of about ₹ two crores ,due to which he and his friend Kinjal met Prashant Guruji. After series of meetings ,he advised various solutions like participating in yagna and various rituals at Bhramastra Vidya Mandir . Slowly the accused won his confidence and soon after that he advised him to install yantras at his home and office premises for the success in business. He took about 12 lakhs for the yantra and charged 3 lakhs for yagna . He also charged 15000 per month under the lieu of donation at Ram roti to feed the poor.
Apart from that he took 5 lakhs for installing the idols of the gods and for restoration of the temple coming to a total of ₹ 21, 80,000.
After about an year of patience, the complainant asked Prashant Guruji to return the money as their wasnt any sign of solutions. Reacting to this the accused threatened him to file a complaint of molestation by a female disciple ,if he will insist on getting back the amount.
Talking to FNP Devraj Pandya said, " I had been asking for my money , but he denied due to which I finally lodged the complaint against Guruji"
This is not just one case against this self proclaimed God man, but their are about 15 victims who have met the Police officials and submitted a writtern complaint resulting the fraud amount to touch about 01crore or more, added Dharmesh Vyas ,who is also a victim to these fraudulent practice by Prashant Guruji.
Talking to FNP, the ACP P R Rathod , said " we have received the complaint and the police has started investigations in this regard. The Police officials visited his residence in Gotri but he has been absconding since many days". The Police is conducting investigations and will soon arrest Prashant Guruji".
When FNP talked to some of the disciples , Kinjal Pandya said, " Prashant Guruji was basically a reiki teacher and about 15 years ago he started this Bhramastra Vidya temple, where he used to Target those who were facing financial or domestic problems. He used to advise everyone to install yantra at their place and to get the benefits of the same ,he use to ask for gold , which he claimed to use in yantra to attract the cosmic energy of the universe".