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Of the accused, 11 from Bihar, four from Telangana, three from Jharkhand and two from Karnataka, they said.
The victims were initially asked to make an online payment of Rs 499 towards registration and were later told to transfer money for transportation and vehicle insurance among others.
After receiving the money, they used to tell the victims that there would be a delay in delivery of the vehicles and fool them, police said.
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The fraud came to light based on a complaint by a person who alleged that he had lost Rs 30,998 to the fraud. The police traced one of the suspects to Bengaluru. His interrogation exposed the entire gang.
Seven laptops, 38 smart phones, 25 basic phones, two hard discs, two smartwatches and 114 sim cards were recovered from their possession, the police said.