Vehicle racket busted

KOCHI: A statewide racket was busted by the city police on Monday after its members were found to be selling and mortgaging cars which they had taken on rent.
The racket used to make fake RC books with the support of insiders in the Regional Transport Office (RTO), to sell the vehicles.The arrested are Sudheer, 36, of Fort Kochi, Sajikumar, 36, of Kollam, Shibu, 30, of Kollam, Shajahan, 41, of Thiruvananthapuram and Babu, 54, of Thiruvananthapuram. The racket was busted by a team led by Kadavanthra SubInspector S Ananthalal as per the directives of City Police Commissioner M R Ajith Kumar and DCP P A Valsan.