India, July 16 -- The MRA Marg police have booked five men for alleged defraudment via fake websites that offered dealerships in multiple countries for electric vehicles manufactured by Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML). The frauds charged hefty fees, running into several lakhs - purportedly towards processing dealership applications, and they continued cheating people by launching new websites at least thrice over the past year, after earlier websites were blocked on the company's request, police officers familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The first information report (FIR) - naming Keshab Kumar, Akash Bansal, Kunal Singh, Raju Manaskar and unknown others as accused - was registered based on a complaint by Pra...