A case of fraud lodged against city’s aviation institute

Kanpur: A case of an alleged fraud with students by an Aviation Institute has surfaced in the city. The institute, on the pretext of giving placement, had allegedly duped students worth several lakhs of rupees.
On the orders of police commissioner Asim Kumar Arun, the Harbansh Mohal police on late Friday night filed a case under the relevant sections of IPC against five people, including the director of the institute Vishal Vishnu and his wife Nikita.
A group of students of the institute which is located at the Mall Road area of the city, on Thursday met police commissioner Asim Kumar Arun and lodged a complaint accusing its owners and others of charging Rs 50,000-Rs one lakh from them on the pretext of giving them admission in various aviation courses and also promising to arrange placement in airlines.
A student told reporters that in 2019, he and other students had enrolled them in various courses including Diploma in Cabin Crew, Diploma in Ground Staff, etc for which they had deposited Rs 50,000-Rs one lakh for different courses. The institute had also assured jobs to the students, he said.
“Our parents deposited the fees by taking loans from banks and other people. The institute did not conduct any course after June 2019. When questioned in this regard, the institute authorities gave only assurances to us and our parents”, he alleged.
According to another student, so far he has deposited a fee of Rs two lakh.
In-charge of Harbansh Mohal police station Satyadev Sharma meanwhile said that on the orders of the senior officers and on the basis of the complaint, a case under relevant sections of IPC has been registered against the Aviation Institute operator Vishal Vishnu, his wife Nikita, the centre head Dhirendra, teacher Ankita and Archana.
“The documents are being checked. "Action will be taken after thorough investigation," Sharma further said.