The footage of the silver-adorned duo being arrested by the police has since gone viral. PHOTO: DELHI POLICE
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.
NASA counts down to liftoff of Mars lander, InSight
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 🇮🇳 (@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 (@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
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