Kerala MVD detects suspected State government-scrapped car re-registration fraud

Kerala’s Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) in Punalur, Kollam, has detected a suspected inter-State car fraud after a State authorities’s scrapped two-wheeler was tried to be re-registered, claiming it as deserted by the Indian armed forces, officers stated on Monday (November 17, 2025).

MVD just lately posted particulars of the fraud on its Facebook web page.

According to officers, the incident got here to gentle after a Royal Enfield motorbike with registration quantity HP-47-A-4670 was introduced on the Punalur Sub-Regional Transport Office for re-registration.

While inspecting the motorbike, Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector Simod V.S. seen discrepancies in its chassis quantity.

He then determined to confirm the car’s chassis quantity within the Parivahan database.

“From the verification, we discovered that the motorbike was initially registered in Thiruvananthapuram RTO underneath the quantity KL-01-AV-4409 as a State authorities car utilized by the Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB). It was scrapped a number of years in the past, and the car registration was cancelled,” an MVD officer stated.

According to the Kerala authorities coverage, its autos are scrapped after 15 years of service.

These autos are strictly given for scrapping and never permitted for additional registration, the MVD official stated.

The MVD officers then inquired in regards to the car’s historical past with the one that produced it for re-registration.

“He stated that the motorbike was bought from a pre-owned supplier in Malappuram district, who procured it from Haryana. The present proprietor appears to be unaware of the registration fraud,” the officer stated.

What stunned MVD officers was that the motorbike scrapped in Kerala was recorded as an ex-Army/public sale car and had been registered on the RTO at Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh.

“Parivahan data present that it was bought from the Army on July 22, 2025, and was re-registered fraudulently on July 24, 2025, utilizing solid paperwork,” the official stated.

MVD suspects that the one that bought the two-wheeler from the federal government division for scrapping may need offered it to different State sellers.

“The supplier in one other State may need used solid paperwork to register it in Himachal Pradesh,” the officer stated.

MVD has handed over the car to the police for conducting an in depth probe.

The Punalur police will register a case and conduct an investigation, the MVD official added.