MAPUSA:
Mapusa police has booked a tourist from Haryana on charges of fleeing with a rent-a-car belonging to a person from Bastora.
According to police, the accused Pradeep Singh had hired the rent-a-car from the owner Mohiddin Hakeem of Paliem-Bastora for a period of four days from June 6 to June 9.
The accused had paid Hakeem the amount to rent the car, but did not return the car after four days. Singh did not respond to calls and when Hakeem suspected that his car may have been stolen, he filed a complaint with the Mapusa police.
Acting on the complaint, Mapusa police registered a case against the accused under Section 420 of IPC and further investigation is being conducted by PSI Mangesh Palni.
