NRG couple lose Rs 9 lakh in Haj travel booking
Rajkot: Two travel agents operating a firm in Junagadh were booked for allegedly cheating a Modasa-based private employee of Rs 9 lakh in the name of arranging a Haj pilgrimage.
The complaint was filed at Junagadh City C Division police station by 29-year-old Salman Lokhandwal, naming Altaf Munshi and his business partner Sufiyan.
Lokhandwala stated that his uncle Saheed Anarwala and aunt Shaheen, both US citizens living in Chicago, had come to Modasa and planned to go for Haj. During Salman's own Haj trip in 2023, he had met Munshi and Sufiyan and later introduced his uncle and aunt to them in Junagadh.
The accused took Rs 9 lakh from Lokhandwala for arranging the Haj tour to Mecca. However, they neither sent the couple on the pilgrimage nor returned the money.
The payment was made in two parts: Rs 5 lakh through bank transfer and Rs 4 lakh in cash, Lokhandwala told the police.
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