Travel agent booked for duping Shahkot villager of Rs 5 Lakhs

Dilbag Singh 

Travel agent booked for duping Shahkot villager of Rs 5 Lakhs

SHAHKOT 20 MAY

 The Shahkot police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a Shahkot village resident of Rs.5 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar, who is investigating the case, said that the accused has been identified as Jasveer Singh, son of Mahil Singh, a resident of Dhani Panjawan village under Lambi police station in Shri Muktsar Sahib

Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Parjian Khurd village, complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he paid Rs 5 Lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration abroad, but he was not sent abroad, and did not return the money.

 DSP said a case under sections 406 (breach of trust) , 420 (cheating)of the IPC, and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.