NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have booked a woman travel agent for allegedly duping a villager of Rs.5.60 lakhs on the pretext of sending his son abroad.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and investigating officer, in this case, Amandeep Singh said that the accused has been identified as Satish Kumari wife of Buta Ram a resident of Taj Pur village under Lambarra police station.
Baldev Masih a resident of Aadramann village under Mehat Pur police station complained to the Jalandhar(rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) that he paid Rs 5 .60 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his son’s migration abroad, but he was not sent abroad nor returned the money.
DSP said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Agents Professional Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.