Noida Police arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly creating forged documents to fraudulently acquire luxury vehicles from multiple showrooms. The accused, identified as Raj Deb, a resident of Cleo County, Sector-121, Noida, was arrested at his residence on November 15 after a complaint was filed by Tata Motors.
According to Ram Badan Singh, DCP of Noida, Raj Deb had booked a Tata Safari from Sagar Motors in Sector 5, Noida, on August 10, 2023, by paying an advance of Rs11,000 online. At the time of delivery, Raj Deb and his wife, Koyal Deb, issued a cheque from their Yes Bank account in the name of Sagar Motors and then quickly withdrew the amount. They created a fake payment message showing that Rs26,00,000 had been transferred to Sagar Motors’ account, which led to the delivery of the vehicle. However, Sagar Motors later discovered that the cheque had not cleared and the payment message was fake.
The investigation revealed that the accused exploited a temporary payment display in Tata Motors’ bank account and took advantage of the system to acquire the vehicle without any actual payment being made.
Further interrogation revealed that Raj Deb had also defrauded other dealerships, including Rana Motors in Noida and Galaxy Toyota in Najafgarh, Delhi, by issuing fake cheques and displaying online payment messages for luxury vehicles. These included a Grand Vitara worth approximately Rs22 lakh and a Toyota Hilux valued at around Rs30 lakh. Raj Deb had assured the dealerships verbally and in writing that he would return the money once the Registration Certificate (RC) was issued to prevent them from reporting the fraud to the RTO. However, once the RCs were received, he sold the vehicles for illicit financial gain.
Raj Deb confessed to selling the Tata Safari acquired from Sagar Motors to a person named Lalit Kumar Dixit in Delhi for Rs12 lakh through a dealer. The police continue to investigate the extent of the fraud, as Raj Deb’s activities have impacted multiple dealerships across the region.
