Overview
- BKC Police registered a case under Section 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act after complaints from Trident Bandra Kurla.
- About 20 guests reported receiving messages that sought payments to confirm reservations, and investigators found Google searchers for the hotel were also targeted.
- One cited URL, https://reservationvalidate.com/8SSNQ2CK, opened a booking page requesting payment details that the hotel confirmed was fraudulent.
- The links were circulated via WhatsApp accounts using profile names such as “Kokonuts” and “hotel manager,” according to police.
- Chief security officer Akshay Daine filed the complaint after the general manager first approached police, and the cyber team is now tracing the unknown accused.