The Gurugram police has arrested an MBA degree holder for siphoning off Rs 83 thousand in the name of booking an air ticket. The accused used to work for an online tour and travel company.
The accused, who reportedly hails from village Sihol of Bihar, has been identified as Suryakant Jha. He was living at Aya Nagar Extension in New Delhi.
According to the police, a complaint was filed by Roli Bawa, a resident of Sector-5, Gurugram. In her complaint, she stated that she had searched on Google for bookings of online air tickets, through "easeymytrips.com" and booked three air tickets of Delhi / Kuala Lumpur.
"She had spoken to one Amit Kumar on behalf of "easeymytrips.com" for booking of online air tickets and transferred the amount through an online payment. Later the victim neither received the money back nor she was given air tickets," the police said.
Following technical surveillance and human intelligence, the probe team arrested the accused Suryakant from Aya Nagar Extension on Tuesday.
During the investigation, the accused told the police that he holds Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and works for an online tour and travel company.
"The accused spoke to the victim posing as Amit and filled the details for booking air tickets with the names given by the complainant. The accused also told her that during booking air tickets, online ticket is generated before making the payment. He used to take a screenshot and send it to the customers and on the basis of which the customer paid the amount via Paytm. The accused duped the complainant by using same modus Operandi," Subhash Boken, the spokesman of Gurugram police said.
"In this connection, an FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code including the IT act has been registered against the accused at the Cyber Crime police station. The culprit was produced before a local court on Wednesday which sent him three days police remand. The accused is being questioned. Further, probe into the matter is underway," Boken said.