- Shaban Rafique Qureshi (32), Anam Siddiqui (42), Vasim Shaikh (31) - from Mumbai.
- Manohar Jadhav (31), Prashant Shivararthi (26) - from Hyderabad.
- Gaurav Dembla (32) - from Gurugram, Haryana.
- Rashid Khan (42) - from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
- Chandrashekar Gadekar (31) - from Pune.
- Imran Chopda (38) - from Ahmedabad.
Police Seize 151 Cars with Banned BS4 Engines; Arrests 9 People
Published: Monday, 08 March 2021 0:00 AM | By Maxabout News | 557 Views
Navi Mumbai police recently busted a pan-India racket with the arrest of 9 persons, who were involved in the illegal sale of cars with BS4 engines. Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh said in a statement that a team of the crime branch has seized a total of 151 cars worth INR 7.15 crores from the accused.
"The gang operated pan-India. The gang members used to purchase cars with BS4 engines and change the number of plates and chassis number. They would then get the registration of these vehicles done using forged documents and sell them in other states saying that they were damaged in floods," he said.
The prime accused in the case had set up their office and godown at Shirdhon near Panvel in Raigad district, he said. "The arrests were made from the end of January this year till the end of February". The accused were identified as:
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