INTERPOL could be brought in to investigate the case of a Sri Lankan man, who fled Bahrain after allegedly conning people in Bahrain out of thousands of dinars, the Gulf Daily News reported.

It is claimed the 28-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pocketed money from hundreds of customers of Harbor Travel and Tourism in return for visa services and issuing plane tickets. Company owner Mohammed Saleh earlier filed a complaint with police after learning the man had left Bahrain, saying he had no idea of his business dealings outside the office. Customers have been demanding that the owner repays their money, with one person claiming he had paid the alleged conman around BD500 in instalments to bring his Peruvian girlfriend to Bahrain. Saleh said he has urged authorities in Bahrain and requested INTERPOL for help. “I sent one of my employees to Sri Lanka after tracking down his address through an agent, but this man is no more living in the same house,” he told the GDN.

“So I have no option, but to ask the Bahraini police to intervene and bring in INTERPOL to find this man for me. I have suffered a lot because of this man, and I want him behind the bars. Someone earlier told me that he was arrested, but there is no proof and we don’t know from where and when so I cannot take the words of people and want authorities to confirm. No one knows where he has gone, maybe to Sri Lanka or Dubai, or some other country.

That’s why we need Interpol here and I told police last time I went to see them. They spoke to officers and are waiting for confirmation.”
Immigration officials confirmed the man left Bahrain on January 21.