Digital Desk: The mother of an MP student stranded in Ukraine said that she paid Rs 42,000 to a person impersonating as a PMO employee to bring her daughter home.
Vaishali Wilson, a resident of Vidisha, claimed that even after making the payment, she didn't receive the tickets.
Reportedly, she has filed a complaint in the Kotwali police station against the individual who introduced himself as Prince.
According to SI Shivendra Pathak, the police are examining the case and will file an FIR against the accused if they uncover anything suspicious.
"On Wednesday, authorities from the offices of the aviation ministry and the commission for the protection of children's rights spoke with the accused. They were assured about the tickets but now the man is inaccessible." the SI said.
Meanwhile, Vaishali stated, "I received a call from someone who said he was a staff member at PMO. He introduced himself as Prince and demanded Rs 42,000 to purchase tickets for my daughter and one of her friends from Ukraine to India. On Wednesday, I transferred the funds."
"Prince had previously stated that he would mail the ticket at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. He subsequently pushed the deadline back to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, then to 8 p.m., and finally to 2 p.m. on Thursday." she added.
Further, Vaishali asserted that Prince had requested to send the money in two different accounts, but till now didn't send any tickets.
"He called to confirm the payment and said that the tickets would be sent in a few hours. He didn't send any tickets, and he finally turned off his phone today," she said.
She also claims to have spoken with Priyank Kanungo, the chairman of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights. Priyank stated that he tried to obtain Prince's information from the PMO, but the office informed him that no employee exits in the PMO office under the name Prince.
Wilson had recently submitted a request to the CM helpline seeking help to return her daughter from the war-torn country; however, she received a response to register a complaint with the local police station in Ukraine.
Srishti Wilson, her daughter, is a fifth-semester MBBS student in Ukraine, while Vaishali works as a technician at a Vidisha blood bank.
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