Three Shahkot travel agents booked for duping villager of Rs.6   lakhs

Dilbag Singh 

Three Shahkot travel agents booked for duping villager of Rs.6   lakhs

SHAHKOT 20 JUNE 

 The Shahkot  police have booked three travel agents for allegedly duping a villager of Rs 6 lakhs on the pretext of sending his son abroad.

Investigating Officer (IO) Sarwann Singh said that the accused had been identified as Nishan Aroar, son of Surinder Kumar, a resident of Employees Colony, Shahkot, and as Surindar Kumar and Lovely, sons of Kishan Lal, residents of the same locality.

Harjinder Singh, a resident of Bajwa Kalan village, complained to the Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police that he had paid Rs 6 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his son’s migration abroad. However, neither was he sent abroad, nor did he get the money back.

IO said a case under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC has been registered against the accused after an inquiry, and further investigation was in progress.