Online air ticket scam suspects held by Mumbai cops in Vasco

Vasco: The economic offences wing (EOW) of crime branch, Mumbai today detained two persons, for their suspected involvement in the online air ticket scam, this evening after a motorcycle and a car chase. Another accomplice is said to be absconding.
According to sources, the Mumbai sleuths arrived in Goa, this evening, in connection with last year’s Rs 13.5 crore online air ticket scam, in Mumbai. TheEOW team has earlier arrested nine persons in this case.
The EOW officials informed that the accused obtained credit card numbers of customers and used the numbers to book air tickets online. It was also informed that Kingfisher Airlines was cheated of crores of rupees while the other airlines faced loss in lakhs.
Acting on tip-off, the EOW team with the help of crime branch, Goa, today chased an Indica car , which was proceeding towards Vasco from Dabolim airport. There were in all six occupants, including two men, three women and a two-year old child in the car.
The speeding car collided with a minibus, on the Vaddem-Chicalim slope, at around 6 p.m. As the EOW team tried to nab the occupants, two of the six persons were caught, but an occupant, Sameer Kasam Shaikh abandoned the car and is absconding.
The officials disclosed the names of the two detained suspects as Sameer Maqbool Shaikh and Mehboob Shaikh.
22/02/07 Navhind Times

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