Hyderabad: The sleuths of Special Operation Team (SOT), Shamshabad Zone, Cyberabad, and Madhapur police have arrested an inter-state offender and seized six cars and one motorcycle, all worth about Rs 70 lakhs from his possession.

On credible information, police arrested Gudati Mahesh Nuthan Kumar (27) of Chegicherla, Medchal Malkajgiri district, and a native of Bhimavaram village, West Godavari District for the offense, a police release here on Friday.

The modus operandi was that the accused commits offenses individually. Initially, he joins as room-mate in a room with sharing app and commits theft of roommates ID proofs– original Aadhar card,
Driving license and money of the roommates and escapes.

After that he takes self-drive vehicles on rent from different companies–Zoom cars, Drivezy cars, Revv cars, and Royal brothers and removes the GPS devices from the vehicle and removes the original number plate and fits fake number plates, and sells to the public and cheats them.

He commits thefts of vehicles in various states– Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. (uni)