Lohian Khas travel agent booked for duping Kapurthala resident   of Rs 20 Lakhs

Dilbag Singh

Lohian Khas travel agent booked for duping Kapurthala resident   of Rs 20 Lakhs

LOHIAN KHAS 26 JULY 

The Lohian Khas police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a Kapurthala resident of Rs.20 lakhs on the pretext of sending his family abroad.

Investigating Officer (IO) Balveer Chand said that the accused have been identified as Gurjit Singh son of Sarwan Singh, a resident of Badshah Pur village under Lohian Khas police station.

Bakhshish Singh, a resident of Shah Jahan Pur village in Kapurthala, complained to the Jalandhar (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police that he paid Rs 20 lakhs to the accused to facilitate his family’s migration to the USA, but the accused did not send his family and did not return the money.

IO said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.