NAKODAR
The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested a Shahkot woman e travel agent on charges of trafficking, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.
The Station House Officer (SHO) G.S. Nagra said that the accused has been identified as Seema wife of Rishi a resident of Mohalla Bagh Wala, Shahkot.
Gurbakash Kaur wife of Lakhbir Singh a resident of Gandharan village has complained to the police that the accused had sent her to Dubai from where she was sent to Muskat where she reached a place where Seema wife of Rishi was staying.
The complainant had said that Seema arranged her job in a house as a maid and when she asked for wages, she was told that Seema had sold her for Rials 1000.
Gurbaksh Kaur said when she asked Seema, she told her that if she wanted to go back to India, she would 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 was demanding more money.
Gurbakash Kaur had 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 was registered against the accused.