LOHIAN KHAS
The Lohian Khas police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a Lohian Khas village resident of Rs 9 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
Investigating Officer (IO) Kashmir Singh said that the accused has been identified Gurmeet Singh son of Pritam Singh, a Mansoor Pur (Seeta Wala) Patiala.
Harwinder Singh a resident of Badshah Pur village complained to Jalandhar (rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) that he paid Rs 940 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration to Canada. However, the accused neither sent him abroad nor returned the money and harassed him.
IO said a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.