The mainstream media has been covering the case of Nashik Astrologer/numerologist ashok kharat extensively first for sexual exploitation, land grabbing and also his influence on the rich and powerful, especially in maharashtra.
One of the tricks kharat allegedly used to impress his customers, convince them to perform rituals, pay him any amount he demanded, was summoning a twenty feet long black snake in the videos which are being circulated.
Most people blindly believed that the snake was real and were impressed.
However, later it was exposed that the snake was a remote controlled plastic snake, though some expertise would be required to make it look like a real snake. It would interesting to found out who designed and supplied the remote controlled snake, how much it cost.