The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Chennai city police has apprehended an individual for defrauding 30 persons of Rs. 4 crore by offering fictitious e-bike dealerships. The scam came to light after a complainant, Murugan, and other victims responded to a newspaper advertisement and were enticed to put down a deposit by Rajendran, the owner of the OITA e-bike showroom in Saidapet. Rajendran vanished in 2021 after shuttering his Saidapet office, prompting Murugan to file a complaint. The CCB’s entrustment document fraud wing took over the investigation and uncovered numerous additional victims. Rajendran was eventually apprehended from his Mamallapuram hideout and remanded to judicial custody.