Gurgaon live-in couple held for posing as car owners, defrauding prospective buyers

According to the police, on April 1, a complainant had reported that he received a call from someone offering to sell a Fortuner. The caller provided a location, showed the vehicle, and demanded an advance of Rs 50,000, which the complainant transferred. The accused then allegedly extracted more money under the pretext of finalising the sale, but did not deliver the vehicle, thus defrauding the victim. A case was registered under relevant provisions.

Led by Priyanshu Dewan, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Cyber Crime, a team under Sandeep Kumar, Inspector, nabbed the two. “Investigations have revealed that Jagmeet Singh and Amrita Kaur, who live together in a flat with a monthly rent of Rs 50,000, funded a lavish lifestyle with the illicit proceeds. They targeted luxury car listings on OLX, contacted the owners, paid a small advance to book the vehicle, and had the original ad removed,” a police spokesperson said.

Posing as owners, they then re-advertised the vehicle on OLX, showed it to buyers, and fraudulently collected payments, the police said. The money was then transferred to jewellers’ accounts to buy jewellery, which was then sold to jewellers in Delhi, officers said, adding that Kaur was actively involved in planning the fraud and posting the ads on OLX.

Singh, who used to be a car dealer in Saket, Delhi, has a criminal history, having served 30 days in Gurgaon’s Bhondsi jail for a similar scam involving an Innova car, besides 45 days in a Jalandhar prison for another fraud linked to a Fortuner car. He has six prior cases of cyber fraud and cheating registered against him. The two accused have been linked to over 15 other fraud cases, according to officers.

“The police will interrogate the accused during their two-day custody to recover the defrauded amounts. The investigation is ongoing,” the spokesperson added.