Purchasing a used 2013-made Toyota Fortuner for ₹10.2 lakhs from a city-based used car dealer has landed a Bengaluru man in trouble.
In February of this year, the Udupi district police informed the car’s owner, 39-year old R Rajkumar, that the car he was driving was involved in a murder case reported on February 10, 2020 in Hiriyadka police station limits.
According to the police, six men, including a businessman from Hiriyadka, were accused of murdering Vashista Yadav, a Mumbai-based businessman. The accused had taken Yadav to a desolate place in Hiriyadka in the Hiriyadka businessman’s Toyota Fortuner and had murdered him.
The court later directed the car to be released to the current owner on the condition that it not be sold or rented to any other third party until the trial was over.
Rajkumar, aghast at the turn of events, reached out to the dealer who had sold him the used SUV. The dealer then promised Rajkumar that he would repay the amount that had paid to him.
However, after the dealer failed to repay the amount, Rajkumar had filed a complaint with the RT Nagar Police.
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