On the direction of the Borivli Metropolitan Magistrate Court, the Borivli police on Thursday registered a fraud case against a vehicle showroom owner, his employee and a car owner. They had sold an Eco Ford to a 34-year-old man, but allegedly did not transfer the car documents to his name for months, and when he started pressuring the showroom owner for them, the car owner allegedly lodged a false complaint at the Kurar police station claiming the buyer had stolen the car.

The complainant, Praful Kalgutkar from Thane, in the year 2018, saw an Eco Ford car on OLX for sale. He went to the car showroom (Perfect Motors) in Borivli West, and met the owner Suryapratap Singh. He claimed he paid R7.40 lakh to Singh via net banking and it was decided he would pay the balance amount (R25,000) once the papers of the car were transferred to his name.