Archive · 28 Jul 2025
Travel Firm Owner Booked for Alleged Ticket Booking Fraud
A travel agent in Thane took money for flight tickets, but only provided them for half the students.
This agent, based in Kalyan, collected nearly 30 lakh rupees total.
After taking over 15 lakh rupees, the agent did not give the remaining students their tickets.
The sub-agent and the students did not receive their tickets or refunds.
The police are now involved, investigating the travel company owner.
A travel company owner in Thane district is booked for allegedly defrauding a sub-agent and students.
The accused is accused of cheating the sub-agent and 250 students out of ₹15.37 lakh in a flight ticket booking fraud.
The sub-agent had entrusted the accused with booking tickets for 500 students.
The accused initially provided tickets for the first batch of 250 students.
An FIR has been registered against the travel company owner under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Who
- A travel company owner, a travel sub-agent, and 250 students from an engineering college in Mumbai’s Chembur.
- What
- A travel company owner is booked for allegedly cheating a travel sub-agent and students in a flight ticket booking fraud.
- When
- The fraud took place over the last 10 months.
- Where
- Maharashtra’s Thane district and Khadakpada area in Kalyan.
- Why
- The accused failed to provide flight tickets for the second batch of students despite receiving payment, leading to a financial loss and a police complaint.
- Accused
- Travel company owner
- Location of Business
- Khadakpada area, Kalyan
- Victims
- Sub-agent and 250 students
- Amount Cheated
- ₹15.37 lakh
- Total Amount Collected
- ₹29,78,500
- Charges
- Sections 318(4) and 316(2) of the BNS
- Incident Timeline
- Over the last 10 months
