MADURAI: More than 100 passengers were disallowed from boarding a flight at Madurai airport on Friday after they presented counterfeit tickets for their journey to Ayodhya via Bengaluru, allegedly issued by a travel agency.
Sources said that a total of 106 individuals, mostly from Salem, had paid for a five-day package tour with a private agency. The itinerary included flights from Madurai to Bengaluru and then to Ayodhya on IndiGo Air.Upon arrival at Madurai airport, these passengers showed their tickets to IndiGo staff, only to learn that no such tickets had been booked.
The passengers were shocked when IndiGo confirmed that the tickets were fraudulent and not issued by them. All 106 passengers were escorted out of the airport premises. When they contacted the agent responsible for their bookings, he claimed that someone else had handled the ticket arrangements and promised to investigate and provide valid tickets.
Sources said that a total of 106 individuals, mostly from Salem, had paid for a five-day package tour with a private agency. The itinerary included flights from Madurai to Bengaluru and then to Ayodhya on IndiGo Air.Upon arrival at Madurai airport, these passengers showed their tickets to IndiGo staff, only to learn that no such tickets had been booked.
The passengers were shocked when IndiGo confirmed that the tickets were fraudulent and not issued by them. All 106 passengers were escorted out of the airport premises. When they contacted the agent responsible for their bookings, he claimed that someone else had handled the ticket arrangements and promised to investigate and provide valid tickets.
