India, Feb. 20 -- The Cuffe Parade police have busted a Bihar-based gang that operated a fake website and sold tickets for aerial tours of the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj via helicopters. Five persons including the 28-year-old alleged mastermind of the gang, who studied till class 12 and worked as salesman with various stores in New Delhi earlier, have been arrested, and police are probing if they also created other fake websites to cheat people, said sources.

The matter came to light after a Cuffe-Parade resident and a Colaba resident filed separate complaints. The family from Cuffe-Parade, who lodged the first complaint, came across the fake website - mahakumbhhelicopterservice.com - while looking for options for a helicopter tour of Praya...