The Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday claimed that car designer and enthusiast Dilip Chhabria had made suspicious transactions worth crores of rupees in the last five years in the name of foreign, expensive vehicles other than the DC Avanti sports car.

Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Vaze of the CIU (Crime Intelligence Unit) said, “CIU conducted a search at Chhabria’s factory in Pune on Monday. 14 DC Avanti, 40 engines and 19 other expensive vehicles were found there. All these vehicles were said to have been seized for investigation.”