Srinagar: The authorities on Thursday caught 11 tourists and a local guide with fake and edited Gondola tickets at the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that 11 tourists from Gujarat along with a local guide who had come to board the Gondola from Kongdori to Gulmarg were caught with fake and edited tickets.
He said they had reached Kongdori through ponies and had come to undertake a return journey on fake and edited tickets.
“To avoid inconvenience to tourists they were brought to Gulmarg through Gondola for investigation. Our officers completed the formalities and the case was accordingly handed over to police station Gulmarg,” he said.
Meanwhile, the management of Gulmarg Gondola requested the general public and tourists in particular to not fall prey to the touts who deceive them and provide them fake tickets.
“Gulmarg Gondola project has a defined capacity, as a result we have capped the number of tickets per day. The tickets are available online only and there are no other means. Traveling on edited and fake tickets is a punishable offence,” the official said.
