Four in net for flight fraud

Calcutta: Somnath Sadhukhan, a businessman from Behala, had lodged a complaint with airport police station on Saturday evening that three air tickets were fraudulently purchased against his credit card number.
“I got an SMS intimation at 11.54am on Saturday that two Air Deccan tickets to Delhi, costing Rs 5,498, were purchased over the Internet against my card,” recounted Sadhukhan.
He contacted the bank’s customer service personnel, requesting them to block the card. He then contacted a travel agent friend, who put him on to Air Deccan officials. Armed with the PNR numbers and the name of the fliers — provided by the airline — he set off for the police station.
Before Indrajit Roy, a resident of Tiljala Road, and S.K. Sahid of Rifle Range Road, could board the 7pm Calcutta-Delhi Air Deccan flight, the cops arrested the duo. On Sunday morning, the third passenger — Javed Akhtar Khan, a resident of Ghas Bagan, in Park Circus — was picked up as he was about to board the Calcutta-Bhubaneswar flight of the same airline.
According to the police, all three passengers pleaded innocence and said they bought the tickets from a travel agent — Imran Khan — in the Karaya area.
23/07/07 The Telegraph

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