Ludhiana: Trader held for ‘stealing his own car’ to claim insurance

The accused’s driver was also involved in the crime and a search is on to nab him.

Police on Tuesday arrested a 43-year-old businessman for ‘stealing his own Brezza car’. The police believe he staged a carjacking to claim the insurance amount.

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The accused’s driver was also involved in the crime and a search is on to nab him.

On October 16, the accused, identified as Aman Aggarwal of Bhamiyan, told the police that he was carjacked when he was going to Kadian village at around 8 pm to purchase a machine.

Inspector Gopal Krishan said that the police became suspicious when Aman gave different statements during questioning.

On Tuesday, the police arrested the accused and also recovered his Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza car from his possession.

During the investigation, Aman told the police that he wanted to claim the insurance amount, so he hatched the conspiracy of car-jacking. According to his plan, he would sell the car in some other state after getting the insurance money. The police said that on Friday, Aman had handed over his car’s key to his driver and asked him to go out of town for a few days.

The police had then lodged a case against unidentified persons.