A man who was targeting people by promising to sell them diplomatic cars on cheap rate has been arrested in South Delhi. The “high-profile cheat” was duping people from all over the country and had made over Rs25 lakh.
“Accused Sanjeev Bhel, 62, was arrested by police on a complaint by a Dehradun resident Nitin Berry who was allegedly cheated along with his friends to the tune of over Rs25 lakh. He was arrested while trying to escape from his office in Mahipalpur in his car which was stuck in traffic, on August 26,” said Ishwar Singh, DCP (south).
He was involved in over half a dozen cases of cheating involving crores of rupees with complainants in Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of the country.
“In the latest case with Nitin Berry, he had introduced himself as the sole exporter of diplomatic cars from the embassies and from Auto Expos. He had also told Berry and his three friends that he had good contacts in German embassy and got new cars on 20-30 per cent discount. He further told the complainant that he also has a Diplomatic Car Pool,” said the officer.