Jaipur: With the arrest of 18 persons from different parts of the country, Jaipur police on Saturday claimed to have busted an international gang involved in duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of providing them rare and valuable radioactive articles that could be sold to NASA."

The gang duped Pune-based three men of Rs 7 crore in the name of giving them a 'rare radioactive dancing doll' certified by DRDO, Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Shrivastava said. "The gang convinced the victims that the radioactive doll is used in research by NASA and the agency will pay exuberantly for the product," Shrivastava said, adding the doll was not radioactive.