Vadodara: Kevadia police on Sunday booked a travel agent for overcharging fee for entry to the Statue of Unity (SoU). The police said eight tourists from Rajkot had bought entry tickets to SoU from the agent. The cost of a ticket was Rs280 but the agent charged Rs320 from the tourists.
The cops have begun investigations to track down the agent. This is third incident of travel agents duping tourists.
The SoU management has trained its men to find out duplicate tickets or cases of tourists being overcharged for entry to the statue.
In the first week of February, a ticket coordinator at SoU had noticed anomalies in the entry fee rate on the tickets that the tourists from Delhi had produced. Saiyad got 10 express tickets having Rs1,260 written on them towards entry charges whereas the actual entry fee is Rs1,030 per person.
The matter was reported to SoU officials who then filed a complaint with police.
The tourists told police that they had booked the tickets from a Delhi-based travel agency that in turn had got them from Rao Travel Agency.
The accused duped the tourists of Rs2,300. One person was arrested in the case. In May 2019, a travel agency was also busted for overcharging on SoU entry tickets.
SoU officials have urged the visitors to directly book the tickets online without involving any agent.
The cops have begun investigations to track down the agent. This is third incident of travel agents duping tourists.
The SoU management has trained its men to find out duplicate tickets or cases of tourists being overcharged for entry to the statue.
In the first week of February, a ticket coordinator at SoU had noticed anomalies in the entry fee rate on the tickets that the tourists from Delhi had produced. Saiyad got 10 express tickets having Rs1,260 written on them towards entry charges whereas the actual entry fee is Rs1,030 per person.
The matter was reported to SoU officials who then filed a complaint with police.
The tourists told police that they had booked the tickets from a Delhi-based travel agency that in turn had got them from Rao Travel Agency.
The accused duped the tourists of Rs2,300. One person was arrested in the case. In May 2019, a travel agency was also busted for overcharging on SoU entry tickets.
SoU officials have urged the visitors to directly book the tickets online without involving any agent.
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