Although relatives experienced solid aspersions on a shopper, it turns out lacking male is neck deep in debt and ran away fearing reprisal


Mitesh Jain operates MRP Travels at Maritime Traces





Hours soon after mid-working day posted the report about a Maritime Traces journey agent who went missing, he referred to as his spouse to advise her that he was protected and in Bhopal. Meanwhile, the businessman, whom the family members experienced blamed for his disappearance, has alleged that the agent is a fraudster who ran away soon after he demanded a refund for cancelled tickets.
Mitesh Jain, 37, who runs MRP Travels at Princess constructing in Maritime Strains, had booked air tickets and hotels for 17 family users of Silver Emporium operator Kantilal Mehta for a journey to Switzerland. Even so, Mitesh cancelled the tickets without informing him.
His spouse Monica Jain informed mid-working day, “He termed me from an unknown selection close to 2 pm now and said that he was in Bhopal. He explained he was mentally harassed and tortured by them (Kantilal and his place of work), so he fled to Bhopal.

Mehta’s loved ones was stranded at Mumbai airport on Saturday morning

“I am nonetheless fearful, as I don’t know if he is underneath danger or not. Till I see him, I won’t be peaceful,” she added. The family had filed a lacking person’s complaint at Azad Maidan police station on Saturday.

Mitesh’s father Mangilal Jain and brother Jinesh Jain wished to file an FIR in opposition to businessman Mehta. Jinesh now mentioned, “He is harmless. He is in Bhopal, he was not kidnapped.”

‘He is a fraud’

On Monday, Mehta also submitted a complaint at Bhoiwada law enforcement station versus Jain, stating that the cancellations by Mitesh devoid of informing the fliers amounted to legal breach of belief and fraud.

Kantilal Mehta, the shopper

Conversing to mid-working day, Mehta explained, “Our office received in touch with Mitesh Jain by means of a prevalent friend, as my son Rahul and his relatives associates required to stop by Switzerland. Business consultant Zoya Munshi contacted him for booking 17 air tickets from Mumbai to Switzerland by using Dubai, and lodge rooms. We paid out him Rs 16.22 lakh practically a thirty day period back again.”

“My son’s family members, which includes his youngsters, were being scheduled to fly out of Mumbai in the wee hrs of July 2, and they got the tickets on June 29 just after reliable observe ups. However, the airline prevented them from boarding the flight as their tickets experienced been cancelled.

“It was an embarrassing problem for my family members. Also, it was following midnight and the children were being sleepy. Panicked, my son known as me and knowledgeable me about the circumstance. I called Mitesh, but he did not respond to, so I quickly left for Mitesh’s household,” he additional.

For the duration of the to start with technique, he did not open up the door, so I approached the Bhoiwada police for enable and law enforcement personnel accompanied me. Mitesh nevertheless did not remedy us. We could not create any sounds, as it would have disturbed the neighbours,” Mehta claimed.

The businessman mentioned he later termed his buddy Manish who had introduced him to Mitesh. “When Manish identified as Jain, he sought to resolve the difficulty. On Saturday morning, Jain explained to Manish that his bash primarily based out of Kolkata experienced cancelled the tickets. Meanwhile, I named his father Mangilal and told him that his son experienced cheated him. Mangilal asked for me to wait.”

‘Duped other folks, too’

“Mitesh frequented our Kalbadevi place of work later on on Saturday and approved that he experienced cheated us. He promised to give the refund. I questioned for a put up-dated cheque, for which he had to go to his office environment, so I despatched two of our staff members with him. They had been next him, but Mitesh disappeared at a junction,” he additional.

Mehta stated his family designed refreshing bookings and left for their holiday vacation right after remaining stuck at the airport for 11 hours.

“We have learnt that Jain has defrauded a lot of substantial profile businessmen in Mumbai in a related fashion. But, none of them want to tactic the police as their revenue is stuck with him,” Mehta alleged.

An officer of the Azad Maidan law enforcement station explained, “We have been informed by Mitesh Jain’s household that he referred to as his spouse from Bhopal. We are also examining the CCTV digicam footage of the spot exactly where he was very last seen—near a junction in south Mumbai. We have requested the Jain loved ones to report to us promptly when he returns home.”

Rs 16.22L
Sum paid to him for 17 now-cancelled tickets


