Jagran correspondent, Sahibabad. In Indirapuram police station area, swindlers, posing as agents of a travel company, cheated 13 people of Rs 78.71 lakh in the name of booking air tickets and tour packages. The accused extorted money from the victims by luring them with attractive offers in the name of booking tickets and tour packages in India and abroad.
In the case, 13 victims have filed a report naming two accused. The police is investigating the matter In this case, 13 people including Pawan Kumar, resident of Shaktikhand Char, had complained to the police against Satyam Shukla, resident of Mahagun Mai Woods, Noida and Harshit Shukla, resident of Gaur Society.
It is alleged that Satyam and Harshit introduced themselves as agents of a travel company and promised to give attractive offers on domestic and foreign air tickets and tour packages if booked through them. Apart from this, if the ticket is cancelled, the amount will be refunded without any deduction along with additional commission.
In the name of tickets and tour packages, Pawan Kumar gave Rs 24 lakh to the accused, Ayush Vyas Rs 30 lakh, Sagar Singh Bhandari Rs 9 lakh, Pragya Rs 7 lakh, Puneet Rs 1.85 lakh, Harshit Puri Rs 2.5 lakh, Rahul Rana Rs 34 thousand, Kanav Fuller Rs 85 thousand, Prabhat Yadav Rs 34 thousand, Vivek Singh Rs 47 thousand, Mahim Singh Rs 2 lakh, Sheshan Sharma paid Rs 20 thousand and Mrigendra Raj Sharma paid Rs 16 thousand.
After this the accused neither gave them the tickets nor returned the money. After this the accused absconded. After a long time, the accused searched for him and asked him to return the money and on November 14, Satyam Shukla made an agreement to return the money at his flat in Noida.
The accused gave him checks which bounced when deposited in the bank. After this the victims complained to the police. ACP Indirapuram Abhishek Srivastava says that a report has been registered against the accused on the complaint of the victims. There have been cases of fraud against him in the past and the accused have been to jail in the past also. The accused are being searched. He will be arrested soon.