While buying a second-hand BMW car from a Lokhandwala-based dealer, actress Sonu Walia was not aware she would soon get entangled in a web of car owners and dealers forging documents to get higher resale values on second-hand vehicles. She realised it only when the car, for which she paid Rs 20 lakh, turned out to be a 2000 cc one, instead of 3,000 cc, as mentioned in the documents.

Good deal? Not really
According to the police, Walia, who lives at Laxmi Nagar, decided to buy a second-hand vehicle in May last year, and asked her brother Vineet Sharma to look for a good deal. Soon after, Sharma came across a 2012 model of 2,993 cc on sale at Mondest Car Dealers in Andheri West. Dealer Anwar Merchant informed him that Rajesh Vanigot, owner of the car, wanted to sell off the vehicle for Rs 20 lakh. They were further informed that the car was in good condition and it had only travelled 16,000 kilometres. A couple of days later the deal was struck and the car delivered to Walia on May 18. At that time she had checked all the documents, including the RC book and insurance papers, and all the details mentioned were correct. However, Walia decided to send it to a BMW authorised centre – Infinity Cars Private Limited – for servicing, as one of the tyres was damaged and the brakes were not working.