After giving fake DL man takes away KTM bike

Bengaluru: A conman posing as a prospective customer took away an expensive sports bike after submitting a fake driver’s licence and phone number.

As per the police sources the conman, who gave his name as Rajkumar alias John Raj, visited the KTM showroom on September 25. He showed interest in buying the KTM RC 390 sports bike, whose ex-showroom price in Bengaluru is Rs 2.44 lakh.

He sought to test-ride the motorbike and submitted a DL and gave his contact number, but when the customer didn’t return after long, an executive at the showroom, tried to contact him by phone but it was not reachable.

Later when the staffer checked his driver’s licence and found it to be fake. Following the incident, a complaint was lodged at the Indiranagar police station.

Police are now reviewing the CCTV footage of the showroom and the locality and have also shared the motorbike details with the traffic police in an effort to track down the rider