The 'Monk' Who Scammed A Family: Long-Lost 'Son' Turns Out To Be A Fraud
NDTV
Led to believe they had found their son, who was now a 'monk', after 22 years, a Delhi family has now been forced to file a cheating complaint.
A heart-warming tale of a mother's long-lost son returning as a monk after 22 years has, in less than a fortnight, devolved into a heart-rending story of a family being scammed.
The joy of Delhi resident Bhanumati Singh knew no bounds, and a video of her crying uncontrollably went viral, when she was reunited last month with her son Pinku, who had left home at the age of 11. She had scolded Pinku over playing too much and, in a fit of rage, he had run away from their Delhi home in 2002.
Last month, Bhanumati and her husband, Ratipal Singh, got information that an ascetic was visiting Ratipal's native village, Kharauli in Amethi, and he bore the same scar as Pinku. His relatives - including his sister, who stays in the village - asked Ratipal and Bhanumati to rush to Kharauli and, when they reached there on January 27, the ascetic told them that he was indeed their son.
