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The Gujarat police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly posed as a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and gave interviews to the local media claiming that he designed the lander module for the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission
A private tutor, alleged to have impersonated a scientist affiliated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and falsely claimed credit for designing the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission's lander module, was apprehended in Surat on Tuesday.
Mitul Trivedi produced fake letters claiming he designed the lander module of the spacecraft in order to draw students to his tuition classes, the police said.
The elaborate ruse was unearthed when Trivedi began granting interviews to local media outlets immediately following the triumphant soft landing of ISRO's Vikram lander on the lunar surface on August 23
India News: A man in Surat, Gujarat, was arrested for impersonating an Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientist and claiming to have designed the lande