Nakodar travel agent booked for duping villager of Rs. 15 lakhs

Dilbag Singh

Nakodar travel agent booked for duping villager of Rs. 15 lakhs

NAKODAR 4 MAY

The Nakodar City has booked a travel agent, on charges of allegedly duping a Nakodar villager of Rs 15 lakh on the pretext of sending his relative abroad.

Nakodar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said that the accused has been identified as Mohit Kumar son of Kewal Krishan a resident of Mohalla Ravi Dass Pura, Nakodar.

Parmindar Singh a resident of Pandori Khas village, complained to Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police that he had paid Rs 15 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his nephew’s migration abroad. However, neither did the accused send him abroad, nor did return the money.

DSP said a case under section 420 (cheating) of the IPC (as incident occurred in the past) and section 13 of the Punjab Trevel Professional Regulation Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry, and further investigation in progress.