Punjab: Police arrests fake travel agents

Hoshiarpur, Apr 26: Police have arrested two unauthorised travel agents on charges of cheating people on pretext of sending them abroad, police today said.

SSP Anita Punj said that Paramjit Singh, of village Bhangala in Jalandhar, was arrested under sections 420 and 406 of the IPC on a complaint filed by one Jasbir Singh of Ravidass Nagar in which he alleged Singh of taking Rs 9.44 lakh for sending his two sons to Italy.

Singh called his sons to Delhi and after a few days sent them back to their home saying that their visa had expired and after getting fresh visas they would be sent abroad.

The SSP said that a case has been registered after investigation by the Economic Crime Branch Wing. Police was searching for some more accomplices of Singh and he was being interrogated.

Meanwhile, the police have also arrested Satnam Singh alias Babba of Ferozepur in a case filed by Jaswinder Singh of Usman Shaheed on January 17 this year for allegedly duping him of Rs 8.65 lakh in the name of sending him to the UK.

Raids were being conducted to nab Sanjay Bhola alias Swarn Dhillon of Delhi, an accomplice of Satnam Singh, who was also involved in this case, she added.

UNI