Ahmedabad, June 15: Gujarat police have brought back the luxury car that was given by Zaheer Rana, accused in the multi-level marketing scam, to former cricket captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev, sources said here today. A senior investigating officer of CID (Crime) said today that the black coloured Mercedes Benz worth Rs 24 lakh that was gifted to Kapil Dev was brought back from Delhi yesterday and is in their custody at present.

"We are not sure if the cricketer would be questioned in this regard and it would be decided later by senior officials,” the officer said.

He said that the car was valued at Rs 24 lakh but was given to Zaheer to be gifted to the cricketer at a concessional rate of Rs 18 lakh.
The official had said that when contacted, the cricketer was away on a shooting assignment and agreeing to cooperate with investigations, allowed police to seize the car given to him by Rana.

He said that police was also investigating if Rana had gifted similar luxury items to other prominent personalities with whom he had been photographed during some functions.

The team would visit Delhi soon to probe on activities of other agents and offices of Remo Marketing, he said.
Rana, proprietor of Remo Marketing is accused of floating several 'bogus' schemes like the 'recharge for free dotcom' scheme in the city, allegedly duping lakhs of people worth crores of rupees.

Bureau Report