India, July 10 -- A tour organizer was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding 11 tour managers by promising them work in Europe and Dubai, and then stealing the money taken from them for flights tickets and other expenses.

According to the Dindoshi police, one of the victims, Keval Atul Gala, a resident of Malad, works with nine others at a private tour agency as a freelance tour manager. In April, one of Gala's colleagues, Viraj Bhatada, told him that he had been hired to manage a Europe tour.

Police said that Bhatada told Gala about the accused, Viral Ashwin Thakkar, who had offered him the work opportunity. Gala approached the accused for work, and Thakkar promised to find employment for him and his colleagues. The accused then...