Travel agency cheats Umrah pilgrims in Hyderabad

The Dabeerpura police registered a case of cheating against KSS travel agency for allegedly duping Umrah pilgrimage aspirants and other pilgrims bound for Iran.

According to the police, Altaf Hussain of KSS Travel agency cheated several persons after collecting between Rs 18,000 and Rs 35,000 for the pilgrimage.

However, as he failed to send the pilgrims, several persons approached the Dabeerpura police on Tuesday and filed a complaint. Based on the



complaint, the police registered a case under Section 420 and 406 of Indian Penal Code against Altaf Hussain and others.

“Enquiries revealed that the KSS travel agency was sending persons on the holy pilgrimage for the last three to four years and they claim to have sent about 9000 persons so far.  A team will be sent to Andhra Pradesh to take Altaf Hussain into custody.” said DCP (south) V Satyanarayana.