Man arrested in Varanasi for selling trucks to scrap dealers with fake documents
Varanasi: The Sonbhadra police arrested a 28-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh's Niwari district for allegedly selling trucks to scrap dealers with fake registration documents.
The accused, Abhishek Yadav, would book trucks from owners through brokers, claiming to rent them, and then sell the vehicles for profit. The police discovered that he had sold 20 trucks worth Rs 4 crore from Jhansi, Kanpur and Prayagraj. Yadav was arrested from Avai Markundi village and sent to jail after being produced in court.
The police investigation began after receiving multiple complaints about missing trucks and suspicious booking agents.
The probe led to Yadav, who was found to be contacting truck owners through Facebook brokers in various districts. Yadav would offer higher-than-standard rental rates and bribe the brokers to gain the owners' trust. The brokers, in turn, would convince the truck owners to rent out their vehicles, unaware of Yadav's true intentions.
After paying half of the rental amount to the vehicle owner on the spot, Yadav used to possess the trucks, said the CO, adding that later he used to sell the trucks to scrap dealers with fake registration documents. Among the trucks sold by Yadav, two trucks belonged to Rohan Yadav from Jhansi district, two trucks belonged to Shailendra Yadav from Prayagraj, one truck belonged to Santosh Yadav from Sonbhadra, four trucks belonged to Rahul Yadav from Sonbhadra, seven trucks belonged to Surendra Kumar Yadav from Bhognipur, Kanpur Dehat district, and three trucks belonged to Rajkumar Patel from Sidhi, MP.
The trucks were sold to a scrap dealer named Shafiq alias Chakki, a resident of Tekanaka Bhandara in Nagpur, against the payment of Rs 5 lakhs each.
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