New Delhi: The Anti Extortion Cell of Crime Branch has arrested a notorious cheat Sumit Walia @ Sunny.
According to police sources, in the year 2003 he went to UK and worked in London for about two years. After coming back to India in 2005 he joined his father’s business of sale/purchase of cars. Later he shifted his base to South Delhi for better clientage.
He used to import luxury cars for his clients who were ready to pay hefty amount.
According to Police sources, a complaint was lodged by Harshvardhan Reddy R/o Vasant Vihar, New Delhi against one Sumit Walia alleging that in December 2011, the accused took his two Audi A-7 Cars bearing registration numbers UK 07 AN 0531 & UK 07 AN 0532 on the pretext of selling it at reasonable price.
Sumit Walia also promised him that he would help him in importing a new Porsche SUV through any Embassy in Delhi. Sumit Walia took Rs 35 Lacs as advance from the complainant as import duty for the Porche Car. As a security, Sumit Walia gave two cheques of Rs 15 Lacs and 20 Lacs each to the complainant.
Later, when the complainant enquired about his Audi Cars and status of Porche car, Sumit initially started buying time and then started avoiding him. Suspicious about the conduct of Sumit Walia, the complainant inquired from the banks and getting found that the accounts of Sumit Walia were already frozen.
After registration of the case efforts were made to examine Sumit Walia but he did not join the investigation and changed his rented address. He was ultimately arrested on 30.11.12.
The accused is a college drop out. He studied up to 12th class from a Public School in Delhi.
He himself had penchant for luxury cars, watches, accessories, branded clothes etc. He drove luxury cars and moved with bodyguards. In the year 2011 he was arrested by DRI and spent about one month in jail. He met the complainant Harshvardhan Reddy in July 2011 when the complainant was trying to import a luxury car.
But when the complainant bought Two Audi cars in Delhi, Sumit Walia painted a rosy picture before the complainant and took his two cars on the pretext of selling it and importing a new Porche car. He sold these cars to a Mumbai dealer but did not give the amount to the complainant. The investigation of the case is in progress and efforts are being made to
recover the two Audi Cars.
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