New Delhi: More often than not, we come across incidents where authorities receive anonymous tips that threaten to expose a crime. While many of them do turn out to be hoaxes, some expose the truth. In Bengaluru, such an anonymous email, with a detailed account of a fraud, has led officials to stunning revelations.
High-end car and anonymous email
On December 12, 2025, Karnataka’s transport department received the message alleging that a black Lamborghini Huracan, a high-end car, bearing the registration number KA-03-NX-0016, had been illegally registered at East Bengaluru’s Kasturinagar RTO. The message had photographs of suspect documents attached to it.
The enforcement authorities launched a probe and found that on June 1, 2022, Harsha Infra Cons Pvt Ltd originally bought the car for over Rs 3 crore. It received temporary registration at the Electronics City RTO, and later the buyer sought to register it in Hyderabad.
Dodging road tax and penalties
Investigators found that new papers was submitted at the Kasturinagar RTO on September last year claiming that the vehicle was H1 Car Care for Rs 3,00,58,729. Interestingly, it was the same invoice number that the original buyer got in 2022.
Meanwhile, the Lamborghini dealer confirmed that the invoice of September 2025 was forged. The dealer added that the car had been sold to Harsha Infra. The perpetrators reportedly created fabricated records to undervalue the car and avoid tax dues for the intervening period, and the exchequer would suffer a loss of more than Rs 37 lakh.
Enforcement teams found the vehicle at an address linked to H1 Car Care. Senior motor vehicle inspector Ranjith N lodged a complaint with the police after the owner failed to cooperate. The first accused in the complaint is H1 Car Care, and the owner of Harsha Infra Cons Pvt Ltd is the second accused.