Thirteen members of a Pedder Road family were left disheartened in Uttarakhand after they were told that their helicopter tickets to Kedarnath were fake. The family had paid Rs 1.55 lakh to buy the tickets from a man who claimed to be from government-owned Pawan Hans which runs chopper services to the hill shrine. The Pydhonie police have launched a probe to track down the scammer. Similar cons were reported earlier. 

In their police complaint, the family said they were planning a trip to the iconic Shiva temple and were searching online for the best facility. Their search threw up a link https://chardhamtravelticket.in. The website claimed it provided chopper facility to reach the shrine that sits 11,750ft above sea level in the Himalayan mountains.