The accused have been identified as Rajeev Kumar Dubey and his wife, Rashmi Dubey
A couple in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur has duped dozens of elderly people of Rs 35 crore by promising to make them young through an "Israel-made time machine".
Rajeev Kumar Dubey and his wife Rashmi Dubey opened a therapy center - Revival World - in Kanpur, with claims of using a machine brought from Israel to transform a 60-year-old into a 25-year-old, police said.
They promised their customers that they could restore the youth of the elderly through "oxygen therapy".
The couple, who lived on rent, deceived people by telling them that due to polluted air, they were ageing rapidly and that the "oxygen therapy" would transform them within months.
"They offered packages for Rs 6,000 for 10 sessions and Rs 90,000 for a three-year reward system," senior police official Anjali Vishwakarma said.
Renu Singh, one of the victims of the massive scam, filed a police complaint alleging that she was cheated of Rs 10.75 lakh. She also alleged that hundreds of people were duped of about Rs 35 crore.
Based on her complaint, the police registered a cheating case and are looking for the couple. The Dubeys are suspected to have fled abroad.