Prince Mistry, the alleged offender found himself embroiled in multiple complaints for wrongfully taking possession of over 70 cars and mortgaging them. Mistry, son of BJP leader, allegedly lured people in Ahmedabad by offering to take the cars on a contract during Lok Sabha elections and promised them high returns.

Under the remand of Ahmedabad detection of crime branch (DCB), Mistry revealed that he allegedly earned ₹90 lakh by renting 76 cars via middleman in Gandhinagar, Mansa, Visnagar, and Mehsana.

Multiple complaints were registered against Mistry in Ahmedabad’s Ramol, Shahibaug, and Madhavpura police stations.

Dipak Thakor (resident of Asarwa), Kalpeshsinh Rajput and Pradeepsinh Zala (residents of Bodakdev), and  Bablu Rajnarayan Pandey and his brothers (residents of Ramol) fell prey to Mistry’s fraud.

Eight months ago, after coming into contact, Mistry called another victim, Bablu Pandey and asked him to rent a car for an officer he had known for four months.

Mistry got a car for ₹1,300 per day. After one and a half months, Prince stopped paying rent and owed Bablu and his brother ₹2.67 lakh and did not return the car.

Some cars out of the 76 mortgaged by him were seized, and now separate complaints are being registered.