How could even educated people be fooled by thug Ashok Jadeja, a false Godman of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India ?

Ashok Jadeja was appearing at public places & asking people to give him money, he would multiply by three in few days. Those who gave him hundreds of rupees he gave them back three times really too. He was saying that he is a God man & he knows the magic of multiplying currency notes. After getting confidence, they started coming to him bringing much bigger amounts by emptying their bank balances, ladies selling their ornaments & men selling their houses & other immovable properties too raining money on him , shown on TV channels too. He told them that he would return them in multiplied form in 2 weeks. One man gave him 73,00,000 rupees ( 50 rupee = $1 approx. ) too. He suddenly disappeared. When he was caught red handed by police he told that he earned Rs 12,00,00,000,000 in 100 days. He did so in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh & Haryana states of India, unafraid. He was exposed by INDIA TV that he is NOT a God man rather, he is a thug. How can this happen for a long time & how fool are many Indian people that they believe so easily & so soon a man to be a God man & give him their earnings of generations out of greed ? What about police force which never detects any fraud & takes actions at the end by media pressure only ?