SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested a woman travel agent for duping a woman of Rs 9. Lakhs on the pretext of sending her brother abroad.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the instigating officer in this case Onkar Singh Brar , said that the accused has been identified as Parminder Kaur wife of Resham Singh a resident of Sohal Jagir village
Harpreet Kaur wife of Kuldeep Singh a resident of Sohal Jagir village had complained to Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police that she had paid Rs 9.00 lakhs to the accused for facilitating her brother’s migration abroad. However, neither did he was sent abroad, nor did return the money.
DSP said a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 406(breach of trust) of the IPC and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional Regulation Act 2014 was registered against the accused.