Delhi Police bust global e-ticketing racket, 4 held

New Delhi: Delhi Police have busted a major inter-state e-ticketing scam with global links and arrested four persons, including a woman.
At a press conference held on Sunday, Delhi Police officers said three of the accused were arrested in Kolkata while the woman was arrested in Delhi.
The alleged masterminds are a Bangkok-based woman and her brother. The police are trying to get their Thai counterparts to nab them.
Naeem Ahmed, 24, Shahid Iqbal, 25, and Feroz Alam, 23, all resident of West Bengal, were arrested in Kolkata on December 20, while their accomplice Kanika Budhiraja, 27, was arrested from Rana Pratap Bagh area in the Capital on Thursday.
Delhi Police went to Kolkata to bring them back to the city. They are now in the custody of the Delhi Police.
Budhiraja’s mother Manjit Kaur alias Karampal Kaur and brother Sanjit Singh, both residents of Bangkok, are suspected to be the kingpins, police said. Iqbal and Alam run travel agencies in Kolkata.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), Neeraj Thakur said the accused would buy airline and rail tickets on the Internet using credit card details obtained fraudulently. “Budhiraja’s mother Manjit provided credit card details to Ahmed, who then purchased airline and rail tickets. He then gave the tickets to Iqbal and Alam,” said Thakur.
“The two sold tickets in cash to customers by offering huge discounts. To pay Manjit for the information he received by email, Naeem would then deposit money in an Axis Bank account,” Thakur added.
This account was opened in the name of Budhiraja, who would withdraw money and send it to her mother in Bangkok through illegal channels.
29/12/08 ExpressIndia

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