LOHIAN KHAS
The Lohian Khas police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping his co-villager of Rs 13.30 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Amandeep Singh, who is the investigating officer in this case, said that the accused has been identified as Gobinda son of Sucha a resident of Yussaf Pur village
Harjinder Singh a resident of the same village complained to Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 13.30 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration to Germany. However, he neither sent him abroad nor returned the money.
DSP said a case under Sections 406 (breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.