NURMAHAL
The Nurmahal police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a woman of Rs.4 lakhs on the pretext of sending his son abroad.
The investigating officer (IO) Jagjit Singh said that the accused has been identified as Jasvir Singh Shira of Sukhdev Singh a resident of Cheema Khurd village under Nurmahal police station.
Ushani Ranni wife of Jarnail Singh a resident of the same village complained to the Jalandhar(rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) that she paid Rs 4 lakhs to the accused for facilitating her migration abroad, but she was not sent abroad nor returned the money.
IO said that a case under section, 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.