HYDERABAD: After a man claiming to be a doctor drove off with an Audi car worth `40 lakh in Hyderabad on Thursday, Banjara Hills police, alerted by a phone call, have launched a hunt for the culprit. Special teams have been formed to nab the accused who drove off with an Audi Q3 (AP 28 DR 0005) car during a test drive.
According to the police, at around 11.30 am on Thursday, one Goutham Reddy, who claimed he was a doctor at Apollo hospitals in Film Nagar, entered a K Narendra Kumar’s pre-owned cars showroom and expressed his intention to purchase an Audi car.
After a chat, Kumar asked his employee Kasi to take Reddy for a test drive in the car. After driving for a while, Reddy reportedly asked Kasi to get out of the car as he wanted to drive the car on his own for some time.
As soon as Kasi got out, Gautham drove off with the car and never returned. Kumar went to the Apollo hospital in Film Nagar to inquire and was shocked to discover that no such person was employed there.
Realising he had been, Kumar lodged a complaint at the Banjara Hills police station. The police booked a case against the accused Gautham Reddy under Section 379 of IPC and started looking for him.
Banjara Hills ACP Uday Kumar Reddy said that the footage from nearby traffic junctions and other shops is being checked to get a sketch of the accused. He also said that the accused had bluffed with his name and did not furnish any identity cards at the showroom. “Our teams got a clue based on a phone call of the accused,” said the ACP.