Hyderabad, Sept. 23 -- Hyderabad-based businessman involved in Rs 100 crore customs scam allegedly sold luxury cars to former and sitting ministers in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Congress.

The accused was identified as Basharat Ahmed Khan, the owner of the Hyderabad-based Car Lounge showroom in Gachibowli. It is yet to be known if these cars were sold at a lower price. This comes months after Basharath was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Ahmedabad in a Rs 100 crore customs fraud related to the import of high-end luxury cars.

In May 2025, based on specific intelligence inputs, the DRI found that luxury vehicles were imported into India at nearly 50 percent of their value through deliberate under-invoici...