Gang held for cheating car owners in Hyderabad

The arrested persons were J Usha, T Mallesh, Sagar Patil and J Anil Kumar, all from Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Four persons were arrested by the Raidurgam police on Monday for allegedly cheating car owners. The arrested suspects used to rent-out the cars, collected on rent from car owners, and made money through rental fee. Officials recovered 21 cars of various brands, altogether worth Rs 2.5 crore from them.

The arrested persons were J Usha, T Mallesh, Sagar Patil and J Anil Kumar, all from Hyderabad.

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According to the police, Usha and Mallesh cheated unsuspecting car owners by taking cars from them on rental basis and further pledging them for rent to Sagar Patil and Anil Kumar.

Sagar and Anil, being aware of the criminal intention of Usha and Mallesh, received the cars and further lent them on rent basis to various persons in Bidar and Bhalki districts of Karnataka.

“When the car owners approached the suspects to return their vehicles, the former started avoiding them and gave vague replies, leading to suspicious,” said G Vineeth, DCP Madhapur.

Based on a complaint, a case was booked and the suspects were arrested and cars were recovered from customers.