Car dealers caught for selling luxury vehicles fraudulently

Were bringing these from other states to sell with fake registration numbers, RCs

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, Updated At : 10:27 AM Oct 03, 2024 IST

The suspects in police custody in Ludhiana on Wednesday.

The Ludhiana police arrested two fraudulent car dealers who used to sell luxury vehicles by putting fake registration number plates on them. They were also preparing fake registration certificates (RCs) of the vehicles. The police also recovered a fake police ID card from one of the suspects.

Both suspects used to bring the vehicles from other states. Without obtaining no objection certificates (NOCs), they used to change their number plates. They would also prepare fake documents, including RCs,

to further sell the vehicles to their clients.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shubham Aggarwal, ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Brar, ACP (Crime) Pawanjit Singh and CIA-2 chief Rajesh Sharma issued a joint statement in this regard.

**The luxury vehicles seized from them, in Ludhiana on Wednesday.**

As per the statement issued, CIA in-charge inspector Rajesh Sharma was checking suspicious vehicles at the Dugri canal bridge on September 19, when he received a tip-off that Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh (40), a resident of Rajguru Nagar, and Amarjit Singh, alias Amar, a resident of Bhai Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar, were involved in buying vehicles from other states. On the pretext of selling the vehicles, the miscreants buy the same from other states. Later, they would change the original registration number plates and put fake Punjab numbers on them. They would also make fake RCs but without obtaining any NOC from the Transport Department of Punjab, which is mandatory for getting Punjab registration numbers for vehicles of other states.

The police officials said Arshdeep had also made a fake police card which he was using at police barricades and toll plazas.

ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Brar said Arshdeep and Amarjit were going to sell a BMW car to their customer. The original registration number of the vehicle was DL1CQ7050. The suspects removed the number plate of the car and put a Punjab number on it. They were standing near the CRP Colony in Dugri where they were waiting for their customer. The police conducted a raid and caught the duo. After interrogation, the suspects revealed the name of Amanpreet, alias Sunny, of the Chawni mohalla, who was a scrap dealer. He was absconding in the case.

So far, the police seized five vehicles, Maruti Jimny, BMW, Creta, Mercedes and Toyota Innova, from the suspects. One fake police ID card and two registration number plates were also seized from the duo, Brar added.