Kollam (Kerala), Nov 17 (PTI) The Kerala Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) in Punalur here has detected a suspected inter-state vehicle fraud after a state government’s scrapped two-wheeler was attempted to be re-registered, claiming it as abandoned by the Indian armed forces, officials said on Monday.

MVD recently posted details of the fraud on its Facebook page.

According to officials, the incident came to light after a Royal Enfield motorcycle with registration number HP-47-A-4670 was presented at the Punalur Sub-Regional Transport Office for re-registration.

While inspecting the motorcycle, Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector Simod VS noticed discrepancies in its chassis number.

He then decided to verify the vehicle's chassis number in the Parivahan database.

“From the verification, we

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