The Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI), Bhubaneswar, on Thursday confirmed that the Toyota SUV, which was found in the parking space of the Apollo Hospital here, is in the name of Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Raul.
MVI (Bhubaneswar-1) Biranchi Narayan Adhikari said the vehicle had been registered at the Regional Transport Office (RTO), Bhubaneswar. "I got a requisition from the Saheed Nagar police station about an unidentified car parked in the hospital campus during last three days. I came here and started an inquiry about the owner of the car. From the chassis number, we found that the vehicle bearing number OR02BH0010 belongs to Srimad Sarathi," said Adhikari.
The police got information from the hospital authorities on the car vlued at between Rs 22 lakh and Rs 28 lakh. On being informed, the police went to the spot and found that the vehicle had no number plate. "After checking, it came out to be of Sarathi Baba," said Twin City Commissioner of Police RP Sharma.
Dr Sharma said the car was taken to the Saheed Nagar PS. The police would inform about the recovery of car to the Crime Branch, he added.
Though during questioning the Crime Branch had reportedly got clues about some luxurious vehicles owned by Raul, it was yet to get documents of these vehicles.
Sources said the Crime Branch would request the Transport Department to give details on vehicles owned by Raul, if any.