Watch: Police parade 'NASA conmen' wearing space suits in India

The footage of the silver-adorned duo being arrested by the police has since gone viral

Police paraded a man and his son in "space suits" in India before taking them into custody for defrauding a businessman by pretending that they worked for Nasa.

The footage of the duo, adorned in silver space suits, being arrested by the police has since gone viral, BBC reported.

Crime branch has averted a #maritian attack 😀😀 pic.twitter.com/5ZPhOdmiBC

— bhavatosh singh (@bhavatoshsingh) May 8, 2018

The pair allegedly convinced the victim to buy a copper plate for $213,156, claiming it had "special properties" to it, police said.

The defrauders had told the businessman that with his finances, they could sell the item to the space agency and get a profit.



Police told media the accused passed off the metal plate as a "rare piece of copper", which they said was "struck by thunderbolt" and therefore had the ability to pull rice.

They had also assured the man that the "Rice Puller" could be sold to Nasa for around $5.5bn.

Police further told reporters that the "rice puller" was "non-existent", saying the spacemen apparently covered the copper plate with "liquid magnet" and iron wires in order to try to fool the businessman.

The 'spacemen', however, met their fate when the businessman went to police complaining about them. The two men have not released any statement to the charges or made any comments on the public humiliation, which has also drawn reactions on social media.

Here are some of the reactions the 'spacemen' managed to stir on social media:

Very curious about one thing: Why did they think they had to dress up like a low budget C-grade Bollywood movie's spaceman to show they had a NASA project?

— Mrs Palakkadan (Modiji's family) 🇮🇳 (@Lotus2021) May 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/WideArafuraSea/status/993991604716298241

Indian ideal

— manjit (@manjit22173048) May 9, 2018

Did they also try Michael Jackson's moonwalking steps? Must have been mesmerising to the gullible customers. 😂

— Rennie O Mathews (@Rennie_Mathews) May 9, 2018

This episode confirm we Indians are outstanding salesman 😎😋😊😁

— Mukesh Kaushik( Modiji ka parivar ) (@mukeshkaushik62) May 9, 2018

What is the name of their Tandoori restaurant? This dress is perfect for those making continuous tandoori items 😍😍😄👍😉😜

— M. S. Kumar 🇮🇳 (@NewIndia241) May 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/anuvb/status/993901563163893761

This article originally appeared on BBC