Former Indian cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin was booked on January 22 for allegedly duping a travel agent off Rs 21 lakh. The complaint was made by Shahab Y Mohammed, a former executive of Jet Airways, and the owner of Danish Tours & Travel.
The report quoted Investigating Officer AD Nagre of the City Chowk police in Aurangabad saying that the first information report also mentioned two others, Mujeeb Khan and Sudheesh Avikkal as suspects and that no arrests have been made yet.
The report noted that Avikkal promised a part-payment of 13,500 euro (or Rs 10,60,000), through his bank account with the Croatian National Bank, and furnished an email dated November 12, 2019, to the travel company owner.
When Mohammed contacted the bank, they stated that no payment was made. He then tried contacting Azharuddin and Khan, but to no avail. Avikkal, however, continued to promise payment when contacted on November 24. He even sent Mohammed a copy of the cheque made in favour of Danish Tours & Travels on WhatsApp, but no payments were received.
The report noted that Khan and the others even made false promises of full payment to the Aurangabad police over the last two weeks before the FIR was finally registered on January 22.
