Recently, there are two Indian conmen originally from India’s Uttar Pradesh state who have been arrested this week for allegedly conning a local physician into paying them a whopping RM1,000,000 for a magical lamp. They said that this particular magical lamp is capable of granting him any wish that he desired like Aladdin’s magical lamp.
According to a report, the physician from the Khairnagar area in Meerut city has first met the conmen in the year 2018. It was when the physician visited a patient’s home to dress her wounds following surgery. One day, the doctor met a self-described ‘tantrik’ who boasted about his magical powers and later promised to make him a billionaire. The tantrik soon introduced the doctor to his partner. The two then offered to sell him a real-life wish-granting Aladdin Ka Chirag (Aladdin’s Lamp) for the price of more than RM1,000,000. Shockingly, the London-trained doctor agreed to the offer.
After making multiple payments, the doctor wanted to take Aladdin’s lamp home with him but the two men kept telling him that it was a bad idea and saying that simply touching it would cause bad things to happen to him. After being rejected several times by both of the men, the doctor had finally realized that he was being conned and he decided to approach the Meerut Superintendent of Police to have the two conmen arrested.
Sources: Navbharat Times.