In a breakthrough, Jalandhar Commissionerate Police today busted agang of fraudsters who were indulged in the sale-purchase of luxury cars usingfake documents.
Disclosing more information, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet SinghBhullar said that on a tip-off that a gang was operating to dupe people byselling them luxury cars on fake papers, the special team of CIA-1 launched acrackdown to put its activities to an end.
He stated that four members of the gang were arrested by the CIAteam, who were identified as Jashandeep Singh a resident of Tower Enclave,Phase-2, Kamal Gill resident of Nangalshama, Gaurav resident of New BaldevNagar, and Kanwalpreet Singh a resident of village Bhullar Athwal, Gurdaspurdistrict.
The CP further added that a total of six luxurious cars includingone Creta, two Kia Seltos, two Ford Eco sports, two scooters Active and YamahaFascino, and one smart TV have been recovered from the accused.
Revealing about the modus Operandi of the group, Mr. Bhullar saidthat one of the gang members namely Gaurav was working in a car showroomNauvelty Ford at Pathankot Road who led the gang into these corrupt practiceswhile accused Kamal Gill has been group leader. He further stated that theyhave purchased several luxury cars on bank loans based on forged documents andsold these in different states and dupe people by selling them mortgagedvehicles at lower prices.
He mentioned that raids were on to arrest another member namelyKatial, who was the kingpin of this gang.
Mr. Bhullar mentioned that the accused had assigned various dutiesamong them as accused Jashandeep used to sell these cars to customers, KamalGill would get fake documents prepared to get bank loans on the vehicles whileGaurav who was working at Novelty Ford company was playing a key role to getthe loan sanctioned from banks/finance companies using fake documents, and thefourth accused Kamalpreet Singh used to prepare fake documents of recentlypurchased cars to be able to sell them to new customers at lower prices.
The CP said that the police would produce these gang members inthe court, where necessary police remand would be sought to further investigatethe other gang members and recover vehicles purchased and sold by this gang sofar.
While lauding the efforts of the CIA-1 team, he announced thereward for team members who worked tirelessly to bust this gang.