Mumbai Crime: Two arrested for stealing cars using app

Pant Nagar cops have arrested two persons for allegedly stealing cars from an appbased car renting service According to the police both accused took KYC documents from drivers assuring them of jobs and would create fake profiles with the help of the documentsThe accused would then book cars drive them to Rajasthan and would sell them by removing the GPS system As per the cops multiple complaints have been registered against the accused in the police stations in Maharashtra Delhi and GujratA 39yearold resident of Pant Nagar Sandeep Shelar had registered his Hyundai Creta car on an appbased car renting service He also got the rent in two rentals from August 28 to September 13 2022 On September 13 around 730 pm Shelar received a message that a person named Madan Pal has booked the car at 830 pm and will return on the 14th morning which was later updated till nightAs per the booking the person claiming to be Madan Pal met me and my brother to know a few technical details of the car My brother helped him with the issues he faced and later on he took the car Shelar mentioned in his statement to the policeAlso read Man held for contacting women through matrimonial sites cheating themBut my car wasnt returned by the driver till September 14th night I became anxious and contacted the company They mentioned that the driver will return the car by the 15th morning he addedFurther as the app official the car got missing at 750 km away from Mumbai Shelar immediately rushed to Pant Nagar police station and registered an FIR against two persons who had taken his car An offense was registered against person named Madan Pal and another one under IPC section 406 criminal breach of trust 420 cheating and 34 common intentionRavidutt Sawant Senior Inspector of Pant Nagar police station had asked Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Patil to investigate the matterWe started with the technical analysis of the email address and contact number provided by the accused Which was found to be of genuine persons who had submitted their documents to seek the job opportunities of the driver The technical analysis of mobile phones and reaching out to cops from Uttarakhand Rajasthan helped us to reach out to the suspects told a cop from Pant Nagar police stationBased on the information after the cops received a tipoff that the suspects are in Ajmer a team was dispatched to nab the suspectsThe team arrested two persons named Dinesh Kumar Goyat 25 and Suresh Pandit 28 both belong to Jalore Rajasthan The team is still searching for one more suspect in the caseDuring interrogation the modus operandi of the accused was revealed The accused had Aadhar cards and driving licenses of drivers who are in need of jobs They would create email Ids and profiles with the help of the documents After taking the car for rent they would drive it to Rajasthan and remove the GPS stop tracking system from the vehicle and later sell off the car in Rajasthan told API Sachin PatilThere are seven such complaints in various police stations in Mumbai Gujrat and Delhi And the process to book them is ongoing