Nashik priest arrested in Dubai for duping royal family member

Nashik | Tuesday | 12th March, 2019

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NASHIK: Chief priest of Nashik 's Kala Ram temple Mahant Sudhir Das Pujari was arrested in Dubai for duping a royal family member recently.It is being claimed that the priest has some businesses in Dubai and was arrested on Thursday following complaints from a member of the royal family that he was misusing the family’s name to raise capital there.The priest managed to secure bail within hours of his arrest. The Indian Consul General himself is said to have intervened to secure his bail.Though the priest is out on bail, his passport is still with the Dubai police.However, the priest, while speaking to his close friends here in Nashik, told them that he lost his passport and that he was in Sharjah city now.Nashik city MP Hemant Godase and MLA Harishchandra Chavan wrote a letter to foreign ministry requesting to help Mahant Sudhir Das Pujari to issue a new passport..