Father-daughter duo travel agents arrested for duping Nakodar villager of Rs 20 lakhs
Dilbag Singh
Father-daughter duo travel agents arrested for duping Nakodar villager of Rs 20 lakhs
NAKODAR 21 OCTOBER
The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested a father-daughter duo of travel agents for duping a Nakodar village resident of Rs 20 lakhs on the pretext of sending his family abroad.
Nakodar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said that the accused have been identified as Gurdev Singh alias Gogi son of Kishan Singh, a resident of Bajuha Khurd village, and his daughter Sarabjit Kaur.
DSP said that Charanjit a resident of Thabalke village, had complained to Jalandhar (Rural) Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 20 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his family members’ migration abroad, but the accused did not send them abroad, nor did they return his money.
DSP said that a case under sections 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the BNS and section 13 of the Travel Profession Regulation Act was registered against the accused.
