Man enters Mumbai airport with fake ticket to look for lost phone

MUMBAI: A man was arrested for allegedly using a fake air ticket to enter the city airport on May 14. Sahar police said the accused, Noor Shaikh (37), a Saki Naka resident, committed the offence to get information of his mobile which he lost on the airport premises during his travel from Mumbai to Delhi a week ago.
Shaikh managed to clear the Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF) security check at the entry point of the airport around 10 pm.
Shaikh had showed the fake e-ticket for a Mumbai to Delhi flight on his mobile phone. The ticket forgery came to light when Shaikh went to the ticket counter to complete his check-in. The officials at the counter of the airline company alerted CISF officials about the forgery.
"Shaikh's family said he is depressed after losing his job recently and has been doing such acts without knowing the consequences. He was caught after he forged the old Mumbai-Delhi ticket of Vistara Airlines using a computer software. He cleared the CISF check to enter before he was caught," said an officer of Sahar police station.
The police said Shaikh created the fake airline ticket by editing the old ticket and entered the Mumbai International Airport on May 14.
"The accused had travelled on a flight from Mumbai to Delhi recently and he lost his phone at the airport. He decided to make the fake ticket and enter the airport to check the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the arrival area to look for his lost mobile. On a fake ticket, the passenger can go up to the security check where tickets are scanned," said an officer.
The complaint was filed by CISF assistant sub-inspector Ajay Singh after he was alerted by the CISF control room in-charge inspector Upendra Singh that the Vistara Airline ticket counter had alerted that Shaikh had produced a fake ticket.
The complaint stated: "Shaikh informed us he created the fake ticket using an old one which he edited using his laptop. He wanted to search the premises and wanted to check CCTV cameras to locate his lost mobile."
Shaikh was handed over to the Sahar police for further probe. He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating). He was remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday.