NAKODAR
The Nakodar Sadar police have booked a Shahkot couple travel agent on charges of trafficking, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.
The Station House Officer (SHO) G.S. Nagra said that the accused have been identified as Rishi Thapar son of Sardari Lal, a Mohalla Bagh Wala Shahkot resident, and his wife Seema.
Gurbakash Kaur wife of Lakhbir Singh a resident of Gandharan village complained to the police that the accused sent her to Dubai from where she was sent to Muskat, she reached a place where Seema wife of Rishi was staying.
The complainant said that Seema arranged her job in a house as a maid. She said that when she asked for wages, she was told that Seema has sold her for Rials 1000.
Gurbaksh Kaur said when she asked Seema, she told her that if she wants to go back to India, she will have to pay Rs 2 Lakhs to her husband. She said that her husband paid money to Rishi Thapar.
The complainant said she reached back to India on May 24 but still the accused Rishi is demanding more money.
Gurbakash Kaur said that Seema mentally tortured her on the pretext of good wages and sold her in Muskat.
SHO said a case under sections 370(trafficking of person) 370 -A(exploitation of trafficked person ) 406(breach of trust ) 420(cheating) and 120-B( criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional Regulation Act has been registered against the accused.