Ahmedabad: A Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) jawan working for city police allegedly cheated a Vasna-based businessman of Rs 12 lakh by selling him a rented car, states an FIR filed with Anandnagar police on Wednesday.Dinesh Thakkar, 35, a resident of Saurashtra Bank Society in Vasna, runs a dairy in Paldi and also deals in used cars. Thakkar met the accused cop, Akash Patel, who worked for Sabarmati police, four years ago. At the time, Thakkar ran a paan shop in Paldi which Patel would visit regularly. Thakkar laterstarted the used cars business.On April 10, Patel told Thakkar he wanted to sell his multi-purpose vehicle for Rs 25 lakh as he needed money . Thakkar checked the car and found the deal lucrative. He decided to buy the car, which had a market value of around Rs 37 lakh.Thakkar gave Patel Rs 12.20 lakh and took a promissory note and cheque from him. Patel told Thakkar that as the car was owned by his father, who was out of town, he would transfer ownership once his father returned. Thakkar parked the car in front of his friend’s hotel near Shymal Crossroads. On May 11, four men went to the car and began checking it. Thakkar’s friend called him and told him that some men were trying to open the car. Thakkar then went to the spot and asked the men why they were trying to open the car. They told Thakkar the car belongs to their company . Thakkar then approached police and filed a complaint against Patel. tnn
A 35-year-old dealing in used cars was cheated of Rs 12.20 lakh by a friend who sold him a limousine. It later emerged that the car belonged to a rental agency that gave it out for self-drive. Dinesh Thakkar, a resident of Saurashtra Bank Society at Vasna in his complaint has accused Akash Patel, a resident of Radhe Upvan Society, Sanand of cheating him. Patel is a cop with the Sabarmati Police Station. Thakkar runs an Amul Milk Centre near Fatehpura Garden and has been dealing in used cars for the past four years. Thakkar came in touch with Patel four years ago and had had had several financial dealings with him on earlier occasions.On April 10, Patel sent him a photo of a Rs 37 lakh Kia Carnival SUV which he wanted to sell for Rs 25 lakh. Patel claimed that the car was registered in the name of his father and he wanted to sell it off urgently to pay off a loan of Rs 12. 20 lakh. Thakkar took a cheque and promissory note from Patel and gave him the money which he had borrowed from a friend.Patel while giving the car took off the registration number of the vehicle claiming that everyone knew the registration number of his car and he did not want anyone to know that he had sold it off to tide over financial difficulties.On April 13, Patel called up Thakkar and told him that another buyer had agreed to pay him Rs 30 lakh for the car. Thakkar asked him to return the Rs12.20 lakh that he had paid and take the car.The exposeOn April 14, a friend of Thakkar told him that some people were photographing his car. When Thakkar questioned them they told him that the car belonged to their employer Just Drive and they had locked its engine. The company had given it to Patel as a self-drive rental.Soon police got involved and the car was released into the custody of Just Drive employees after they showed documents showing ownership of the car. When Thakkar confronted Patel, he said he was helping out a friend. Patel asked Thakkar to deposit the cheque he had given him after three days. The cheque later was dishonoured and Patel stopped responding to Thakkar’s call.
