Man flees with tractor during test drive

Solan, September 7

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In a bizarre case, a person, who came to buy a tractor at a Paonta Sahib-based agency, fled with it on the plea of taking a test drive and later sold it to a Uttar Pradesh resident for Rs 2.5 lakh.

A case for cheating has been registered by the police on a complaint by agency salesman Amrik Singh last evening, said DSP, Paonta Sahib, Bir Bahadur.

According to the complainant, Sumit Chauhan of Vikas Nagar tehsil in Uttarakhand, came to purchase a tractor at Paonta Tractors on August 9 along with his two associates Balwinder and Sandeep Kumar.

Sumit had earlier too come to the agency to purchase a tractor in his father’s name. He was asked to bring documents for financing the purchase. A cheque was given to the salesman and he was asked to bring his father for completing the formalities. But he had declined to do so.

Sumit again visited the agency on August 9 and asked for a test drive. He was handed over the keys. Sumit also handed over his PAN card and Aadhaar card for the purchase. The tractor was driven towards the Badripur Chowk by Sumit, who never returned.

Amrik Singh tried to locate him through the address given in the Aadhaar and PAN cards but he found no one at the address. He later went to his house at Shamli in UP where his father told him that the tractor was with Siddharth at Sarsawa. When Siddharth was contacted, he was told that he had bought the tractor for Rs 2.5 lakh. — TNS