An Indian doctor buys a "Aladdin lamp": the genie of the lamp appeared in front of me!
The lamp bought by the Indian doctor, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested two men on charges of defrauding a doctor and selling him "Aladdin's Misbah", which they pledged would bring him wealth and health.
As part of the hoax, the two men pretended to summon souls from the lamp, as happened in one of the accounts of the book "A Thousand and One Nights," according to local media.
According to reports published by the BBC, the two men demanded 15 million rupees (more than $ 201,000) for the lamp, before accepting a first payment of 3,310,000 rupees ($ 41,584).
A search is underway for a woman suspected of participating in the fraud.
The doctor reportedly filed a complaint with local police last week.
In the complaint, which was reported by the "NDTV" channel, the doctor said that he met the two men when he began treating a woman, who understood that she was their mother, for a month.
The doctor is reported to have said, "During one of the visits the genie of the lamp appeared in front of me."
The doctor did not discover until later that one of the men was wearing the mythical character.
A local police official told NDTV that the two men were suspected of deceiving other families in similar ways.
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