In a major breakthrough, the Adugodi police in Bengaluru have busted a racket involved in forging Registration Certificate (RC) documents of cars and selling the vehicles using fake identities. The police have arrested four persons and seized eight cars worth ₹1.74 crore.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Prabhakar, 43, of SBI Colony, Yeshwanthpur, Venugopal alias Raghavendra, 36, of Ramanagara, Prashanth, 30, of K.R. Puram, and Bagesh, 28, of Hulimavu, according to Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh.
The case came to light after a resident of Electronics City lodged a complaint with the Adugodi police, alleging that he had handed over his car to a person who promised to clear the outstanding vehicle loans before purchasing it. However, the accused neither repaid the loan nor returned the vehicle, prompting the owner to approach the police.
During the investigation, the police gathered technical and intelligence inputs and arrested the first accused on July 16. His interrogation led to the arrest of another accused, followed by the arrest of two more associates on July 17. The accused targeted owners of luxury cars by offering to buy vehicles with pending loans, and then allegedly forged RC documents, altered registration numbers and number plates, and changed ownership details to create fake identities for the vehicles.
The gang then allegedly posed as the genuine owners and sold the vehicles to unsuspecting buyers using the forged documents. Based on information provided by the accused, the police recovered eight cars worth ₹1.74 crore between July 17 and July 23.
Of the eight vehicles seized, the police have so far identified the rightful owners of two cars. Efforts are under way to trace the owners of the remaining six vehicles and identify other members of the racket.
