Kanpur Man's Stolen Car Found After 2 Years, Was Being Used By UP Police Officer
A car stolen two years ago has been found with a policeman said to have been using it. The Kanpur-based owner was in for a shock when he got a call from an auto service centre seeking his feedback. He was taken aback after being told by the centre that his vehicle has been returned to station officer Bithoor police station Kaushlendra Pratap Singh after servicing.
Uttar Pradesh is a state where you should expect the unexpected. In the realm of possibilities, there's always an outlandish outcome to a chain of events. Like this one: a car stolen two years ago has been found with a policeman said to have been using it.
The Kanpur-based owner was in for a shock when he got a call from an auto service centre seeking his feedback. He was taken aback after being told by the centre that his vehicle has been returned to station officer, Bithoor police station, Kaushlendra Pratap Singh, after servicing.
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According to a report in Hindustan Times, Singh, was one of the cops injured in the Bikru ambush, in which 8 cops had lost their lives when they had gone to arrest gangster Vikas Dubey in July last year.
The report said that cop would have continued using the car had he not taken it to the service centre.
The owner of the car, Omendra Soni, told Hindustan Times that his vehicle was stolen from Barra area from a car washing centre on December 31, 2018. He said he had lodged an FIR with the Barra police but the vehicle could not be found.
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On Wednesday, he got an unexpected call from KTL service centre enquiring if his vehicle was running fine after the service a few days ago.
¡°I was surprised at the query. I was told my details were with the centre due to a previous servicing of my Wagon R, that is why the call was placed for feedback,¡± he was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
When Soni went to KTL service, he was told his vehicle was returned to SO Bithoor, Kaushlendra Pratap Singh on December 22 after servicing. It left Soni perplexed as he failed to understand why he wasn't informed about his vehicle.
Singh, has defended himself, claiming he had found the car abandoned after which it was seized. However, he did not explain as and when the car was found and why it was being used by him.
The episode has left the entire Kanpur Police Department red faced, and an inquiry has been ordered.
