Barmer, Aug. 19 -- Barmer police have busted a multi-crore insurance fraud racket that siphoned off over Rs.20 crore by using fake vehicle registrations from Arunachal Pradesh, bogus theft FIRs, and forged documents, police said. adding that the mastermind, Sataram, was traced to Jaipur and has been arrested. Spread across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, and Arunachal Pradesh, the racket thrived on a calculated modus operandi in which heavy vehicles were insured, falsely reported stolen, and later re-registered under new identities-some dismantled, others sold, and many that never even existed. Police found that the most brazen part of the scam was the systematic use of Arunachal Pradesh as a gateway for fraudulent registrations. Vehicles were first given forged numbers there and then re-registered in Rajasthan and Gujarat, enabling stolen or even non-existent trucks to circulate under fresh identities. Police are now examining possible collusion of Transport Department officials who cleared such papers across multiple states. Confirming the development, Superintendent of Police in Barmer, Narendra Singh Meena, said the racket was operated with meticulous planning. So far, at least 12 cases have been directly linked to the network, with FIRs filed in Sheo, Sindhari, Jasol, Pachpadra, and other police stations under review. Authorities have also written to the Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe assets amassed through the racket, with steps being taken under laws related to attachment of illegally acquired property....