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13 Lakhs Extorted on the Pretext of Curing Cancer: Family Trapped After Watching TV Advertisement, Gave Money by Mortgaging Gold, Threatened with CBI on Demand

Summary by Dainik Bhaskar
In Balod, Chhattisgarh, a woman and her family fell prey to a televised advertisement for astrology. The fraudsters allegedly claimed to cure stage four cancer through rituals and tricked the woman into depositing ₹13,13,673 into various accounts. When her husband's health showed no improvement, the wife demanded her money back. The accused threatened to implicate her in police, CBI, and murder cases. Hoping to pay for her husband's treatment, t…
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Balod. A shocking case of fraud in the name of faith has come to light from Balod district of Chhattisgarh. Claiming to cure her husband who was battling cancer, so-called astrologers duped a woman of Rs 13.13 lakh. When the treatment did not work for a long time and the woman […] The post Cheated of Rs 13 lakh on the pretext of 'curing cancer through puja-path', when asked for money, the woman was threatened of being implicated in a murder case…

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In Balod, Chhattisgarh, a woman and her family fell prey to a televised advertisement for astrology. The fraudsters allegedly claimed to cure stage four cancer through rituals and tricked the woman into depositing ₹13,13,673 into various accounts. When her husband's health showed no improvement, the wife demanded her money back. The accused threatened to implicate her in police, CBI, and murder cases. Hoping to pay for her husband's treatment, t…

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Dainik Bhaskar broke the news in Bhopal, India on Monday, July 27, 2026.
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