{
  "id": 2990543,
  "title": "‘Blessings Will Bring Prosperity’: Fake Naga Sadhu Tricks Pimpri-Chinchwad Driver, Steals Gold Ring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/blessings-will-bring-prosperity-fake-naga-sadhu-tricks-pimpri",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T09:31:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/blessings-will-bring-prosperity-fake-naga-sadhu-tricks-pimpri-chinchwad-driver-steals-gold-ring"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Naga Sadhu impersonator duped a Pimpri-Chinchwad driver into believing a promise of blessings and stole his gold ring. The deceit occurred on Saturday (August 22) around 1:00 AM on a road before the Municipal Commissioner’s bungalow, situated between Morwadi Pimpri and HDFC Bank, Chinchwad. Abhijit Ramchandra Patil (49, Thergaon) initiated a police complaint at the Chikhali Police Station, leading to the registration of a case against an unidentified fraudulent Sadhu wearing saffron robes.",
  "summary": "Pimpri-Chinchwad: An incident occurred where a scammer posing as a Naga Sadhu tricked a car driver with the promise of blessings and stole his gold ring. The incident took place on Saturday (August 22) around 1:00 AM on the road in front of the Municipal Commissioner’s bungalow, between Morwadi Pimpri and HDFC Bank, Purnanagar, Chinchwad. In this matter, Abhijit Ramchandra Patil (49, Thergaon)…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}