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Bihar's cyber criminals target Chardham, Kedarnath pilgrims; 200 fake online heli-ticket booking links blocked

Prithviraj Singh
Dehradun, May 18 (UNI) Four Bihar districts have emerged as the bane of the Kedarnath pilgrimage as Uttarakhand Police has claimed that it has eradicated 200 portals and social media accounts from these districts involved in fake heli-ticket bookings for the devotees.
State police's Special Task Force (STF) has revealed that majority of the fraudulent online heli-ticket booking portals and other social media accounts belong to the four districts of Bihar-- Nawada, Patna, Gaya and Biharsharif.
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