Ludhiana: A city resident who ran a Google search for the contact of a helicopter service provider ended up losing Rs 42,000 to cyber cons. The victim planned to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine with his family and friends, for which he tried to book helicopter tickets from Katra to Sanji Chhat.
In his complaint to the cyber crime police station, victim Amit Kumar Goyal said that he planned to go to Vaishno Devi on November 2.He searched online for contact details of a company which runs a chopper service and dialled the number that he found. The man who answered the call introduced himself as Rohtash.
When Goyal asked Rohtash if he was genuinely associated with a company that could book helicopter tickets, the accused shared fake ID cards identifying him as the company representative. He also shared his Aadhaar card and a letter of the Government of India. Convinced, Goyal asked him to book 10 helicopter tickets, for which he made an online payment of Rs 42,000, with each ticket costing Rs 4,200. Goyal said that since he was booking tickets online for the first time, he asked for 10 tickets at first.
“Days after booking 10 tickets, I happened to visit Jammu for some work. There, I thought of visiting Katra to check if the tickets had been confirmed. I went to the Katra helipad and showed staff the PDF of tickets shared by Rohtash. I was shocked on coming to know that the tickets were fake,” said Goyal.
Inspector Jatinder Singh, SHO, cyber crime police station said that investigations were on.
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