Fraudsters posing as customers booked for stealing four vehicles from Chandigarh car rental

The duo rented four cars from a car rental in Sector 45, Chandigarh, in December last year; they later became untraceable and also removed the GPS from the vehicles.

Fraudsters posing as customers allegedly stole four vehicles from a Sector 45 resident, who ran a car rental service.

Police booked two fraudsters for stealing four vehicles from Chandigarh car rental while posing as customers. (HT File)

In his complaint, Ajay Mittal, who runs a car rental business in Sector 45, alleged that two persons, Lovely Mehta and Jagjeet Singh, had taken four vehicles on rent in December last year.

The duo was to pay ₹80,000 for Brezza, ₹1,65,000 for Endeavour, ₹90,000 for Innova Crysta and ₹1,50,000 for Fortuner as monthly rent. He alleged they made initial payments online, but became untraceable later. They also removed the GPS from the vehicles.

A case under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector 34 police station.