PUNE: The Sahakarnagar police are searching for a tour operator for failing to return Rs11.27lakh to seven senior citizens who paid the money for organising a tour of Kullu-Manali that got cancelled after the lockdown was clamped last year.
Police initiated action on the basis of a complaint registered by a 71-year-old Bibvewadi resident.
The group of senior citizens made the booking in December 2019 and the tour was to take place in March-April last year. The tour was cancelled in the wake of the nationwide lockdown announced by the central government due to the pandemic.
When they demanded a refund, the operator told them that he had already paid the money for hotel bookings and to other agencies. Later, he locked his shop and ran way.
Police said the operator took money towards hotel bookings, meals and flight tickets and local transport vehicles for movement in Kullu-Manali, and adjoining areas. Police said he had promised the group a refund on receipt of the money from airlines and hotels. However, he shut his shop and fled in March this year, police said.
