KANPUR: A deception recreation with eerie echoes of the UP-set ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ has unspooled in Kanpur, the place a pair allegedly bilked Rs 35 crore from over two dozen {couples} with guarantees of an “Israel-made time machine to show them into 25-year-olds”.
Rajeev Dubey and spouse Rashmi lured shoppers with the elixir of “oxygen remedy” as soon as they have been contained in the “time machine”.
The magical “time machine” by no means landed however airports have been alerted to make sure the duo do not fly out after the cops filed an FIR on a criticism from three of the {couples} allegedly duped.
Remedy centre supplied oxygen periods for Rs 90,000, says ACP
In response to police, Rajeev and Rashmi opened a remedy centre, Revival World, in Kidwai Nagar, promising potential shoppers their near-divine assortment of potions to regain youth. They’re accused of deceptive the aged by warning that Kanpur’s “extraordinarily excessive air pollution ranges” have been inflicting them to age quickly and insisting that every one this may very well be reversed with their “oxygen remedy that may make them look younger in a short while”.
ACP Anjali Vishwakarma mentioned the “oxygen periods” have been supplied for Rs 90,000 every. “The couple additionally supplied reductions for these bringing in different clients, thus turning the plan right into a pyramid scheme,” the ACP mentioned, referring to a ploy utilized in doubtful funding schemes that run aground.
The primary complainant, one Renu Singh Chandel, mentioned Rajeev and Rashmi had supplied her a free session if she introduced somebody alongside. She did, and confessed to having launched a number of folks. DCP (South) Ankita Sharma confirmed there may very well be greater than two dozen victims, including the cops have been on the hunt for Rajeev and Rashmi.
