Woman enters Kempegowda airport using fake air ticket to see off friend, arrested

Bengaluru, November 27: An FIR was lodged against a woman for entering Bengaluru International Airport after presenting a fake air ticket to drop off a friend, following which she was arrested, according to police sources. Police said on Monday that the woman has been identified as Harpit Kaur Saini. The accused had entered the airport with her friend Ayush Sharma through a fake air ticket.

She headed towards PESC to bid farewell to the person she was with.

She proceeded for the Pre-Emergence Security Check (PESC) to bid farewell to her accompanying person. She later returned and claimed that her laptop was lost. The security personnel became suspicious and checked his air ticket.

They realized it was a fake ticket and filed a complaint

They realized that it was a fake ticket and lodged a complaint at the Bengaluru International Airport police station. The police have registered an FIR in this regard and are currently investigating the matter.

The security personnel had instructed the accused woman to cancel the ticket.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the security personnel had instructed the accused woman to cancel the ticket through the airline, otherwise she would not be allowed to leave. She then went to the kiosk of the private airline company, where it was confirmed that the ticket was indeed fake.

The accused woman had made a fake e-ticket to get entry into the airport terminal.

Police said that the accused woman had made a fake e-ticket to gain entry into the airport terminal. The accused was handed over to the police and later arrested. Further investigation is ongoing.