<p>The Cottonpet police have arrested two men on the charge of cheating car sellers and seized nine cars and sports utility vehicles worth Rs 16.5 lakh. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Syed Kamruddin alias Kammar, 57, from Okalipuram and Gangadhar, 33, from Tumkur used to approach car owners as prospective buyers and agree to whatever price the owners quote. <br /><br />They would pay Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 as advance with a promise to pay the balance in a fortnight. <br />They would take the original documents, get the vehicles registered in their names and drive away with the cars without paying the balance money, police said. <br /><br />Two held, cattle rescued<br /><br />The Nandini Layout police arrested two men and seized 15 oxen and four cows which they were allegedly transporting from Koppal to a slaughterhouse in Ramanagar Saturday morning. <br /><br />Manjunath and Maulana Khan, both from Koppal, were arrested when they were transporting the cattle they had purchased at a fair in Koppal to sell them to a slaughterhouse in Ramanagar. <br /><br />Tipped off by activists of an animal rights group, the police intercepted their vehicle near the Dr Rajkumar memorial, arrested the two and handed over the cattle to the activists. <br /></p>
<p>The Cottonpet police have arrested two men on the charge of cheating car sellers and seized nine cars and sports utility vehicles worth Rs 16.5 lakh. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Syed Kamruddin alias Kammar, 57, from Okalipuram and Gangadhar, 33, from Tumkur used to approach car owners as prospective buyers and agree to whatever price the owners quote. <br /><br />They would pay Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 as advance with a promise to pay the balance in a fortnight. <br />They would take the original documents, get the vehicles registered in their names and drive away with the cars without paying the balance money, police said. <br /><br />Two held, cattle rescued<br /><br />The Nandini Layout police arrested two men and seized 15 oxen and four cows which they were allegedly transporting from Koppal to a slaughterhouse in Ramanagar Saturday morning. <br /><br />Manjunath and Maulana Khan, both from Koppal, were arrested when they were transporting the cattle they had purchased at a fair in Koppal to sell them to a slaughterhouse in Ramanagar. <br /><br />Tipped off by activists of an animal rights group, the police intercepted their vehicle near the Dr Rajkumar memorial, arrested the two and handed over the cattle to the activists. <br /></p>
