Mohali resident arrested for selling rented vehicles after preparing forged documents

The Ranjit Avenue police have arrested a Mohali resident, who took various vehicles on rent, and later sold them in other states after forging documents.

The accused was identified as Harwinder Singh, a resident of Phase I, Mohali. The police recovered 15 vehicles, including Mahindra Sorpio, Toyota Fortuner, Mahindra Thar, Mahindra XUV, Toyota Glanza and Legender, from Rajasthan and Haryana.

Rishabh Bhola, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said on July 11, Arminder Singh of the Mall Mandi area lodged a complaint at the Ranjit Avenue police station, stating that he runs OVO Cabs Private Limited at a posh locality and used to give vehicles on rent.

He said Harwinder Singh took various vehicles from him on rent on different dates. He neither gave rent nor returned vehicles, the complainant stated. Arminder said when he visited at the residential address provided by the accused, it was found locked.

Bhola said during investigation it came to light that the accused had sold vehicles to people in other states after preparing fake documents. He said the accused was arrested from Mohali. Upon his disclosure, the police recovered 15 luxury vehicles from Haryana and Rajasthan, the ACP said. Harwinder was produced in a court and brought on police remand for further investigation, he said.