The couple are members of the family-owned Yum agency’s board of directors; the other two members being Tapaswi’s father Satish Bhardwaj and his maternal aunt Usha Sharma.

The couple’s artifice came to light after the owner of Blue Sky World Wide Travels Vikram Kaushal complained to the police that the duo had taken Rs 11.7 lakh from his company against a written request for

tickets.

Kaushal said, “The Yum agency has been our sub agents for the last one and a half years. They have also sold fake tickets to people.”

The duo went missing after Kaushal’s complaint to the police in January. A formal FIR was registered by the Chandigarh Police in February 12; a hunt was launched, even airports alerted. It is learnt that Satish Bhardwaj, along with his younger son Kuru, has also taken cover.