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Amritsar travel agent booked for duping Shahkot village    resident    of Rs 4.39 Lakhs

Dilbag Singh

Amritsar travel agent booked for duping Shahkot village    resident    of Rs 4.39 Lakhs

SHAHKOT 4 JUNE 

The Shahkot   police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a Shahkot village    resident of Rs.4.39 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sarwann   said that the accused has been identified as Chirag son of Ashok Kumar a resident of Nik Singh Colony, Ram Tirath Road, Amritsar

Lovpreet a resident of Kanganna  village complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 4.39 Lakhs to the accused for facilitating his  migration abroad, but he was not sent abroad not returned the money.

DSP said that a case under sections 316 (criminal breach of trust) ,318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the BNS  and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.