Hanumantal police nabbed three accused involved in illegal trade of suspicious vehicles and seized two cars and a moped amounting to Rs 20 lakh from them. The arrested have been identified as Wasim Mohammed Abdul Wahid (33), a resident of Thakkar Gram, Kilkari Garden in Hanumantal; Rashid Ahmed Khan (44) of Sara City, Amkhera in Gohalpur and Ashraf Shaheed Ansari (24), a resident of Badi Madar Tekri in Hanumantal.

SHO of Hanumantal police station, Umesh Golhani informed that police received information about a suspected Vitara Breeza Car parked near the residence of Wasim in Thakkar Gram area. Acting promptly on the information, police reached the spot and questioned Wasim about the suspected car but he failed to give any appropriate reply. In further investigation, police found that the chassis and engine numbers were destroyed from the vehicle and police seized the suspected car valued at around Rs 10 lakh. Wasim informed that he along with Rashid work for trading second hand vehicles from other states and selling them in Jabalpur. He had purchased the seized car from Rajasthan from Rafukh Khan while another car Ertiga was purchased from Hyderabad through Manohar Yadav which was sold to Ashraf and also sold out a moped of Honda Company to Wasim. On his identification, police started a search and seized the Ertiga car and Honda moped and also arrested Rashid Khan and Ashraf Ansari. Hanumantal police have registered a case under Section 420 and 34 of IPC.