{"id":26180,"date":"2018-04-11T10:36:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T09:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=26180"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T09:36:39","slug":"a-dangerous-faith-healer-ripped-family-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/11\/a-dangerous-faith-healer-ripped-family-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Faith Healer Ripped Family Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ‘dangerous’ faith healer is destroying families in Birmingham by telling relatives to cut ties with each other, it has been claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n

A woman who alerted the issue said she had been financially exploited by the man.<\/span><\/p>\n

A letter to Leicester newspaper she said he flew into the UK regularly from India and presented himself as a spiritual healer in both Birmingham and Leicester. The newspaper said his details had been passed to the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her letter, the woman said: \u201cHe is a very dangerous man, taking money and telling families they must cut ties with each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe has caused destruction in families in Leicester and Birmingham.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMany will not come forward because they are embarrassed that he has given them false hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe comes across very sweet<\/span><\/p>\n

“Anything that is happening in my life is because of \u2018black magic\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s lucky I have come out of his trap.<\/span><\/p>\n

“My family has cut ties with me. He has a stronghold on them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman has not disclosed how much money she or her family had given to the crook<\/span><\/p>\n

The man\u2019s methods are similar to those of con artists highlighted by Leicestershire Police and trading standards officials at Leicester City Council on several occasions in the past few years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The so-called ‘healers’ claim to be able to lift curses, ensure success in business and cure illnesses from cancer to depression. <\/span><\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s letter and a photograph of the suspect has been passed on to trading standards.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have investigated her report, but are not aware of any complaints relating to his conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

A city council spokeswoman said: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean he hasn\u2019t been active in Leicester.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just that the people who tend to fall victim to these individuals are often ashamed to admit they\u2019ve been duped or they\u2019re reluctant to come forward with hard evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe suspect that these \u2018healers\u2019 are prevalent in certain communities, preying on people\u2019s beliefs and superstitions and targeting those who may be ill or vulnerable.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur advice would be to never give money to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester City Council\u2019s trading standards monitors leaflets and business cards that are circulated n the city, as well as adverts in some foreign language papers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A ‘dangerous’ faith healer is destroying families in Birmingham by telling relatives to cut ties with each other, it has been claimed. A woman who alerted the issue said she had been financially exploited by the man. A letter to Leicester newspaper she said he flew into the UK regularly from India and presented himself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,112],"tags":[998,490],"class_list":["post-26180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-faith-healer","tag-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}