When the accused failed to instrumentality the conveyance and Javar could not beryllium contacted connected phone, the doc approached Ghatkopar constabulary and a lawsuit was registered connected December 17. (Express File Photo)
A 25-year-old antheral has been arrested portion 4 others person been booked for allegedly defrauding a Ghatkopar-based doc by renting his car done a salient car rental institution and past escaping with the vehicle. The car was utilized by the accused to smuggle liquor into neighboring Gujarat, a adust state, constabulary said.
Police identified the arrested accused arsenic Mohamed Kamil Ravish Javar, and his accomplices arsenic Rohit Anthony, Babu, Shravan Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Jain and Ashok Vishnoi. While Anthony and Babu worked with Javar successful Mumbai, the different 3 accused are based successful Rajasthan.
“The doctor’s household was looking for other income, for which they had been renting retired their conveyance done a salient car rental company. The accused allegedly approached him done the institution and took the conveyance connected rent for 3 days from Ghatkopar connected November 18,” a constabulary serviceman said.
When the accused failed to instrumentality the conveyance and Javar could not beryllium contacted connected phone, the doc approached Ghatkopar constabulary and a lawsuit was registered connected December 17.
Police traced the main accused utilizing mobile numbers obtained from the complainant. Investigators past recovered different mobile fig that led them to Javar’s residence successful Bhiwandi. A trap was laid and the accused was arrested connected January 17.
“Anthony and Babu are inactive connected the run. Kumar told the constabulary helium had handed implicit the conveyance to Jain and Vishnoi,” the serviceman said.
A squad was subsequently sent to Rajasthan to hint Jain and Vishnoi. They told the constabulary that the conveyance was being utilized to illegally smuggle liquor into Gujarat. Kumar, Jain and Vishnoi were not arrested but served notices arsenic per the provisions of the law.
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Police said Javar and his accomplices were targeting radical who rented retired their vehicles done salient rental companies. “The accused would attack radical nether the pretext of renting their vehicle. They would past merchantability the vehicles successful Rajasthan,” the serviceman said.
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