HYDERABAD: CISF personnel intercepted a fraudster at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport on Friday and handed him over to local police. He was arrested earlier in Bengaluru.
The accused dupes passengers at the airport posing as a student who missed the flight and takes money from them.
The accused is MV Dinesh Kumar (21) from AP’s Guntur district. On October 30, Dr Shyju of Coimbatore lodged a complaint with police and CISF personnel saying that Dinesh duped her of Rs 10,000 and he also duped some other passengers. “Dinesh purchases cheaper domestic airlines ticket and deliberately misses the flight. He then loiters in the departure terminal introducing himself as a student who missed the flight. He convinces other passengers to buy him flight ticket and also give some money by promising to transfer the same after reaching his destination,” RGIA police SI Venkateshwarulu said.
Based on the complaint of Dr Shyju, CISF personnel kept a watch on the movements of Dinesh and apprehended him on Thursday evening when he arrived from Mumbai to go to Bengaluru. “Dinesh carries a fake ID card of a university and a student NCC ID. He was earlier arrested by Bengaluru airport police on August 16 for a similar fraud. We have registered a case against him under sections 406 and 420 of the IPC. Dinesh confessed that he likes travelling in flights and enjoys the money given by passenger. He has been sent to judicial remand,” the SI said.