NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Mehat Pur resident of Rs.12.46 on the pretext of sending his son abroad.
Investigating Officer (IO) Harwinder Singh said that the accused had been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Sonu son of Rachpal Singh a resident of Barra Salam village.
Nirmal Singh a resident of Mohalla Kasba Mehat Pur had complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he paid Rs 12.46 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his son’s migration abroad. But he was not sent abroad and did not return the money.
IO said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating)of the IPC, and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act was registered against the accused.