Pramesh S Jain
The Hulimavu police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several people by hiring their cars on rent under the pretext of using them to transport elderly residents of an old-age home to hospitals and other places.
The accused allegedly mortgaged the rented vehicles to third parties and collected lakhs of rupees.
Senior officer told reporters that Hulimavu Police have seized 12 cars belonging to different companies, collectively valued at Rs.1.20 crore,in connection with the case.
He further said the complainant,a resident of Vijay Bank Layout within the Hulimavu police station limits,lodged a complaint at Kanakapura Main Road Police Station on September 17, 2026,alleging that a man approached him claiming to run an old-age home.
The accused said he required cars to transport elderly residents to hospitals and other locations.
Trusting his claims,the complainant and several others gave their cars to him on rent.
However,the accused allegedly pledged the vehicles with other individuals and obtained substantial sums of money, thereby cheating the vehicle owners.
Following an investigation,Hulimavu police gathered information from various sources and arrested the accused from his residence in BDA Layout,8th Phase,JP Nagar,on October 2,2026.
He was produced before a court on October 3 and taken into eight days of police custody for interrogation.
During the investigation,police discovered that the accused had pledged the vehicles at different locations in Kanakapura,Mandya and Bengaluru between October 3 and 8.
With the assistance of those who had taken the vehicles as pledges,police recovered and seized all 12 cars and brought them to the police station.The total value of the seized vehicles is estimated at Rs.1.20 crore.
The accused was produced before the court again on October 8,following which he was remanded to judicial custody.
