Srinagar, April 14: As many as 28 passengers with fake edited tickets were found at Gulmarg Gondola Project on Friday.
An official told Kashmir Scroll that today on 14th of April-2023 at 9:30 am the ticket scanning team of Gulmarg Gondola Project got alerted about a group of 28 passengers from Mumbai at the scanning point of Gulmarg Gondola station.
These passengers were carrying edited fake tickets through their Tour Manager Makrand Anand Ghanekar of M/s. Veena World Mumbai, he said.
We have an inbuilt system of dealing with such type of cases in place at Gulmarg Gondola Project. Our team of officers at the project handled this case in a meticulous manner and it was confessed by the Tour Manager that he had himself edited these tickets at Mumbai and the passengers were not aware about this illegal activity, he added.
It was made sure by our officers that the passengers do not suffer because of the ill plans of tour company, he said, adding that a written complaint was obtained from the passengers who had been cheated by tour company namely Veene World Mumbai.
The case along with all the details, Proofs, witnesses and the culprit were handed over to SHO Gulmarg vide letter No. GGP/2023/306-308 Date:14-04-2023 by Incharge Gulmarg Gondola Project Mr. Showkat Ahmad Bhat for taking further necessary action in the matter, he said.
“The management of JKCCC in general and local management of Gulmarg Gondola in particular are putting up extreme efforts to make the ticketing system user friendly and more transparent. All these efforts are being made to ensure that the passengers do not suffer and do not feel inconvenience and leave as ambassadors of tourism department of J&k all over the country”, he added.
—( Source: Kashmir Scroll)
