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Motor dealer cheated

VIJAYAWADA: The Patamata police on Monday registered a case of cheating (Section 420) and using a forged document as genuine (Section 471) under the IPC against one Md. Shams Tabrez, who is absconding, on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Varun Motors that they were duped by him to the extent of Rs.5.8 lakh.

The police said that the accused, who is expected to be about 25 years of age, approached Varun Motors on April 27 evincing interest to buy a car. When he paid Rs.5,000 as advance, the dealers told him that they would arrange for financing of the vehicle if he paid Rs.80,000. However, Tabrez approached them on May 2 and wanted the advance to be paid back to him as he was no longer interested in purchasing the vehicle. The dealers deducted Rs .2,000 as per their rules and issued a cheque for Rs. 3,000 payable on Bank of Baroda. During their internal audit recently, Varun Motors detected the fraud that the cheque had been “forged” and remitted for Rs. 5.8 lakh. The amount was found to have been withdrawn through several ATMs located in different cities.

The police said what was interesting was that though the cheque was computer-printed, details like the date of issue and the amount, both in numbers and words, were neatly erased and retyped exactly the same way. The dealer’s signature was retained, as there was no need to tamper with it.

The accused apparently opened an account in Kotak Mahindra Bank with a temporary local address well in advance, and deposited the cheque in the account. He was found to have opened two other accounts in HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. The police said the accused made a similar attempt at Mitra Agencies too and deposited the “tampered” cheque, which was issued on Axis Bank, for an amount exceeding Rs. 5 lakh. Lady luck smiled on this agency when the cheque bounced due to “paucity of funds.” The account had only Rs. 4 lakh.

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