Whereas household had forged aspersions on a shopper, it seems lacking man is neck deep in debt and ran away fearing reprisal
Mitesh Jain runs MRP Travels at Marine Strains
Hours after mid-day printed the report a couple of Marine Strains journey agent who went lacking, he referred to as his spouse to tell her that he was secure and in Bhopal. In the meantime, the businessman, whom the household had blamed for his disappearance, has alleged that the agent is a fraudster who ran away after he demanded a refund for canceled tickets.
Mitesh Jain, 37, who runs MRP Travels at Princess constructing in Marine Strains, had booked air tickets and motels for 17 relations of Silver Emporium proprietor Kantilal Mehta for a visit to Switzerland. Nonetheless, Mitesh canceled the tickets with out informing him.
His spouse Monica Jain instructed mid-day, “He referred to as me from an unknown quantity round 2 pm right this moment and mentioned that he was in Bhopal. He mentioned he was mentally abused and tortured by them (Kantilal and his workplace), so he fled to Bhopal.
Mehta’s household was stranded at Mumbai airport on Saturday morning
“I’m nonetheless anxious, as I do not know if he’s underneath risk or not. Till I see him, I will not be relaxed,” she added. The household had filed a lacking individual’s criticism at Azad Maidan police station on Saturday.
Mitesh’s father Mangilal Jain and brother Jinesh Jain wished to file an FIR towards businessman Mehta. Jinesh now mentioned, “He’s secure. He’s in Bhopal, he was not kidnapped.”
‘He’s a fraud’
On Monday, Mehta additionally filed a criticism at Bhoiwada police station towards Jain, stating that the cancellations by Mitesh with out informing the fliers amounted to prison breach of belief and fraud.
Kantilal Mehta, the shopper
Speaking to mid-day, Mehta mentioned, “Our workplace acquired in contact with Mitesh Jain by way of a typical good friend, as my son Rahul and his relations wished to go to Switzerland. Workplace consultant Zoya Munshi contacted him for reserving 17 air tickets from Mumbai to Switzerland by way of Dubai, and lodge rooms. We paid him Rs 16.22 lakh virtually a month again.”
“My son’s household, together with his kids, have been scheduled to fly out of Mumbai within the wee hours of July 2, and so they acquired the tickets on June 29 after constant observe ups. Nonetheless, the airline prevented them from boarding the flight as their tickets had been cancelled.
“It was an embarrassing state of affairs for my household. Furthermore, it was after midnight and the youngsters have been sleepy. Panicked, my son referred to as me and knowledgeable me concerning the state of affairs. I referred to as Mitesh, however he did not reply, so I instantly left for Mitesh’s home,” he added.
In the course of the first strategy, he did not open the door, so I approached the Bhoiwada police for assist and police personnel accompanied me. Mitesh nonetheless didn’t reply us. We couldn’t create any noise, as it will have disturbed the neighbors,” Mehta mentioned.
The businessman mentioned he later referred to as his good friend Manish who had launched him to Mitesh. “When Manish referred to as Jain, he sought to resolve the difficulty. On Saturday morning, Jain instructed Manish that his get together based mostly out of Kolkata had canceled the tickets. In the meantime, I referred to as his father Mangilal and instructed him that his son had cheated him. Mangilal requested me to attend.”
‘Duped others, too’
“Mitesh visited our Kalbadevi workplace afterward Saturday and accepted that he had cheated us. He promised to present the refund. I requested for a post-dated verify, for which he needed to go to his workplace, so I despatched two of our workers with him. They have been following him, however Mitesh disappeared at a junction,” he added.
Mehta mentioned his household made recent bookings and left for his or her trip after being caught on the airport for 11 hours.
“Now we have realized that Jain has defrauded many excessive profile businessmen in Mumbai in a similar way. However, none of them need to strategy the police as their cash is caught with him,” Mehta alleged.
An officer of the Azad Maidan police station mentioned, “Now we have been instructed by Mitesh Jain’s household that he referred to as his spouse from Bhopal. We’re additionally checking the CCTV digicam footage of the situation the place he was final seen—close to a junction in south Mumbai. Now we have requested the Jain household to report back to us instantly when he returns residence.”
Rs 16.22L
Quantity paid to him for 17 now-cancelled tickets