Woman among three travel agents booked for duping man of Rs 20.70 lakhs

Dilbag Singh 

Woman among three travel agents booked for duping man of Rs 20.70 lakhs

LOHIAN KHAS 16 APRIL 

The Lohian Khas police have booked three travel agents including a woman for allegedly duping a man of Rs 20.70 lakh on the pretext of sending his daughter abroad.

Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sukhpal Singh said the accused have been identified as Parmindar Kaur wife of Harpreet Singh a resident of Nahal village under Lohian Khas police station, Lovepreet Siingh son of Guriqbal Singh a resident of New Gurnam Nagar Amritsar and his brother Karanpreet Singh.

DSP said that Jogindar Singh a resident on Nahl under Lohian Khas police station complained to Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 20.70 to the accused for facilitating his daughter migration to England. However, the accused either sent her abroad or returned the money.

DSP said case under sections 406 (breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) and 34 (committing crime with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 13 of the Travel Profession Regulation Act   has been registered against the accused after an inquiry as incident occurred in the past.