J&K Police (Tourism Enforcement Wing) on Sunday claimed to have busted an unregistered Hajj-Umrah Tour and Travel agency operating here with the arrest of two persons.
Senior superintendent of police (Tourism Enforcement), Amarjit Singh said “Tourist police station Srinagar received information that one un-approved travel agency namely Indo Sahab located at New Delhi is allegedly operating in Kashmir illegally and giving frequent advertisements in local newspapers in order to cheat gullible people”.
The SSP said a special team was set up led by SHO Tourist police station Srinagar. “During investigation it has surfaced that Indo Sahab Tour & Travel Services has not been issued quota for the Hajj 2017 by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Some incriminating documents and passports have been recovered from the accused. Rs 330,000 has been recovered from them till now. Further investigation of the case is going on,” the SSP said.
In this regard, he said an FIR No 6 under section 420,511 RPC 2/28-32, 36 (2) Tourist Trade Act RW section 2(g) TT Act has been registered in Tourist police station. “Two persons have been arrested namely Dawood Ahmad Azad son of Humayoun Azad resident of Kursoo Rajbagh and Shabbar Khoja son of Hassan Ali Khoja resident of Dongri Mumbai (proprietor of Al-Huda Travels Mumbai) who were operating in Srinagar on behalf of Indo Sahab Tour & Travel Services”, the SSP said.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the duo was working with Indo Sahab Travel Services, First floor Abu Fazal Enclave Jamia Nagar Okhla New Delhi and were persuading and motivating the local Hajj aspirants regarding the Hajj 2017 and were collecting money from the Hajj aspirants,” he said.
“We appeal people not to fall prey to these kinds of un-registered, un-authorized Hajj/Umrah tour operators and before booking any tour, they must first verify the credentials of the company,” the SSP added.
