Man who duped people on e-commerce portal arrested

Delhi police has arrested a man, who, inspired by infamous conman Natwarlal, duped people through an e-commerce portal on the pretext of renting their cars for embassies and then 'selling' those by preparing forged documents.

According to a senior police official, the accused, Ajay Dabas (26), was inspired by fraudster Natwarlal and had a penchant for stealing high-end cars.

On June 9, Vijender Kumar Tyagi approached police with a complaint that a man stole his car after coming in touch with him through an online marketplace.

Tyagi had posted an advertisement on the e-commerce portal to sell his car, Toyota Fortuner, and was contacted by Dabas, who proposed to him that he can rent out his car to an embassy which would give him good returns, police said.
 

He convinced Tyagi against selling his car by telling them that it could be rented out at rates as high as a lakh. After Tyagi changed his mind, Dabas asked him to leave his car with him so that he could get it serviced. After this, Dabas went incommunicado, they said.

Dabas later sold Tyagi's car to one Taiyab by posing as the owner of the vehicle and took Rs two lakh from him, but did not hand over the vehicle.

The accused used to change his mobile phone and SIM cards frequently to evade arrest. However, on the basis of a tip- off, he was arrested from a hotel in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj on June 26, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police-II (East) Nand Kishore Meena said.

Tyagi's car has also been recovered, the officer said.

Dabas is quite tech-savvy and had dreams of earning huge amount of money in a short span of time and surpassing Natwarlal as a conman.

He was wanted in cheating cases in Mumbai, Haryana and Delhi, and had non-bailable warrants issued against him in connection with a cheating case registered in Gurgaon in 2012.

During interrogation, he told police that he along with his friend Akshay used to dupe people through the e-commerce portal by alluring them under the pretext of renting their expensive cars in embassies, the officer said.