{
  "id": 16655202,
  "title": "Mumbai Sessions Court Rejects Astrologer’s Anticipatory Bail In ₹69.30 Lakh Cancer-Cure Fraud Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mumbai-sessions-court-rejects-astrologers-anticipatory-bail-in-69-30",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T19:49:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-sessions-court-rejects-astrologers-anticipatory-bail-in-6930-lakh-cancer-cure-fraud-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's sessions court has denied anticipatory bail to astrologer Rajshekhar Shashtri, 39, who is accused of defrauding a woman of Rs 69.30 lakh by promising to cure her sister's cancer through a puja. The court also rejected Shashtri's claim that the money paid was for professional services. The woman, Jayanti Gopalkrishnan, alleged that she and her brother, Adityanath (also known as Babu Guruji), approached the accused along with his office in Tilak Nagar. She claimed he assured her that the astrological services would cure her sister's cancer, but her sister passed away despite the payment. Shashtri argued that the funds were meant for astrology and counselling services, but the prosecution disagreed, stating that the brothers had failed to join the investigation and did not return the funds or cooperate with the probe. The court noted that custodial interrogation was necessary to uncover the facts and determine what happened to the gold ornaments.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 26, 2026: A sessions court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to Rajshekhar Shashtri, a 39-year-old astrologer from Malabar Hill, who is accused of allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 69.30 lakh by promising to cure her sister’s cancer through a puja. The same accused has also been booked for allegedly cheating another family of Rs 93.47 lakh in Govandi. Court Rejects Claim Of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}