Jammu, Sept 1 (PTI) Police on Wednesday arrested two persons allegedly involved in selling stolen vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.

Police acted on a tip off that a group of persons were obtaining registration certificates of “accidental and total loss vehicles very meticulously” and selling them to gullible customers by inserting the chassis numbers, they said.

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This group has duped many innocent people of lakhs by fraudulent means.

In this regard, a case was registered at Rajouri police station, they added.

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During investigation, Saleem Mailk, a workshop owner and Mohammad Wahid were arrested and six vehicles seized.

Further investigation is going on and more recovery and arrest are expected, they said.

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