4 IndiGo staffers at RGI airport booked for boarding pass fraud

HYDERABAD: Low-cost carrier IndiGo on Friday lodged a complaint with RGI Airport police alleging that four of its staffers working at the airport were issuing boarding passes to international passengers, particularly those travelling to Gulf countries, in a fraudulent manner.


According to Shamshabad DCP N Prakash Reddy, the complaint by an IndiGo representative alleged that the airline’s ticketing executives — Md Jishan, Khalid Ali Khan, Md Ibrahim and Md Zaheeruddin — colluded with a travel agent to issue boarding passes fraudulently. The complaint, filed after an internal inquiry by IndiGo, alleged the employees executed the fraud in connivance with a Mehdipatnambased travel agent, Zubair.

“The Protector of Emigrants clearance is necessary for people having educational qualifications below a certain level that are looking to take up employment abroad,” the DCP said. “By collecting money from people trying to secure employment illegally in the Gulf, Zubair was issuing fake tourist visas to such customers. The four accused at Indigo ticketing counters, were issuing them boarding passes despite knowing the visas were fake, and that the passengers did not possess return tickets.” So far, the accused have issued nine boarding passes in a fraudulent manner, but none of the passengers have left the country. “We have registered a case,” Reddy said.