MUMBAI, July 24: The Mumbai police has succeeded in nabbing two conmen, who claimed to be astrologers with supernatural powers and were engaged in duping people of their money and belongings. The duo, Girish Joshi and Dharmesh Joshi started this `business' and wanted to make it big in a professional manner, but however, Mumbai police was able to detect the crime at any early stage and arrested them recently after a complaint lodged by a city-based businessman who was duped of Rs 60,000 and gold ornaments.Police sources told that the duo were running `astrology-business' on the footpaths of Santacruz. Aiming to reach high they hired a flat nearby and started advertising in a local English eveninger claiming that they are world-famous astrologers and wizards and could bring peace and prosperity by their supernatural powers. A businessmen who was constantly running into losses fell in the trap, sources said. Indian flag at MansarovarThe Indian tri-colour would be unfurled together with the Chinese flag at Kailash-Mansarovar in the autonomous region of Tibet on August 15 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of India's independence.Chinese government has consented to the hoisting of the tri-colour by a select expedition of 198 pilgrims who are scheduled to make a prayer for world peace and participate in a special recitation of the epic `Ramayana' at Kailash-Mansarovar, Indo-British cultural exchange (IBCE) chairman Praful Patel told reporters here today.Patel, member of the ruling British Labour party and UK-based businessman, said the prayer for world peace was aimed at commemorating the golden jubilee of India's independence and the 500th birth anniversary of Sant Tulsidas, author of the `Ramayan'.Pointing out that `such a pilgrimage, which would promote Indo-British, Indo-Chinese and British-Chinese relations, has been organised for the first time,' he said, Indian spiritual orator Sant Morari Bapu would lead the 11-day recital of `Ramayan'.Chinese military authorities would provide logistic support for the visit entailing an estimated cost of Rs 2 crore which synchronised with the `visit China year', Patel said.
