Five of a gang selling & mortgaging rented vehicles arrested
Khargone superintendent of police Dharamraj Meena said that on May 22, a person from Bhavsar Mohalla, Khargone, complained that his car was not being returned after it was taken on rent.
In this case, Imran Sheikh, Farooq Sheikh, Avinash Jadhav and Deepak were arrested, and their police remand was obtained.
The police investigation found that this gang took vehicles on rent from other people from Khandwa, Harda, Khargone and Sendhwa of Barwani district, and either sold or mortgaged them. Police also arrested another accused, Chetan Dhamone, a resident of Sendhwa in Barwani district, in this case.
The SP said that nine four-wheelers valued at about Rs 60 lakh were seized from the accused. He said, "The accused used to take the vehicle in the name of renting it and also paid its rent in the initial months but when they stopped paying the rent, a complaint was lodged."
In a separate incident, Ajay Waghmare, sub-divisional officer (police) of Sendhwa in Barwani district, said that Arjun Sonwane, a resident of Nardana in Dhule district of Maharashtra, was arrested for not returning five tractors after taking them on rent from five farmers of the area.
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He said that five tractors and a trolley valued at Rs 31 lakh were also seized from various places in Maharashtra. The accused only gave Rs 26,000 for the first month to only one farmer in Dec 2024 and then stopped picking up the phone, he added.
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