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Travel agent arrested for duping Nakodar village resident of Rs 18 Lakhs

Dilbag Singh 

Travel agent arrested for duping Nakodar village    resident    of Rs 18 Lakhs

NAKODAR 23 FEBRUARY 

 The Nakodar city police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Nakodar village resident of Rs.18 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

Nakodar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kulwinder Singh said that the accused has been identified as Joginder Singh son of Gurbakash Singh a resident of Bhainni Gillan Kamboj village in Amarit Sar.

DSP said that Ajay Kumar a resident of Mahun Wal village had complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 18 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration to Canada, but he was not sent abroad nor return the money.

 DSP said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating), and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act was registered against the accused and three others.