Travel firm at centre of fraud probe by police

Police are investigating a Huddersfield travel agent over claims that customers have been defrauded.

Customer Asif Tanvir says he lost almost £1,000 after two flights to Dubai and Pakistan were cancelled the night before he and his wife were due to fly.

Mr Tanvir, who runs a takeaway business in Huddersfield, booked the flights through Atif Hafeez of Atif Tours & Travels Ltd based at St John’s Road at Birkby.

He paid for the tickets in cash – paying £980 – and says he trusted Mr Hafeez as he had booked flights with him on four separate occasions.

But he and his wife Ambreen were left disappointed and angry when they arrived at Manchester Airport on March 11 to be told their Emirates flight tickets had been cancelled the night before.

Mr Tanvir was told that the tickets had been refunded to a credit card.

“I was in shock and my wife was in tears,” he said. “I am a heart patient following a heart attack and my wife has recently had cancer so we don’t need this stress.

“We had to buy two more tickets for £2,000 as we had a hotel in Dubai for five days and were spending two weeks in Pakistan.”

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