The crime branch unit, Manesar of the Gurugram police has arrested two individuals who duped buyers on the online marketplace OLX by selling cars while using forged identity documents.
Officials said that the accused would finance cars with a minimum down payment and later tamper with the vehicles’ documents and change their registration numbers before selling them.
The accused have been identified as Kuldeep alias Anna and Vinit residents of the Jhajjar district of Haryana. They were nabbed on Tuesday from Dev Nagar in Jhajjar and were on police remand.
The police have recovered 6 vehicles (Skoda Rapid, Tata Tiago, Renault Kwid, Maruti Brezza, Swift and Celerio) which were sold fraudulently and `35,000 from their possession.
The officials said that in connection with the matter they received a complaint filed by Vikas a resident of Kherki Daula, who was duped by the criminals of `7 lakh.