SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested a travel agent for duping a man of Rs 18.50 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said that the accused has been identified as Neeraj Attar son of Indarjit a resident of Ludhiana .
DSP said that Sahibi a resident of Shahkot had complained to Jalandhar (rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 18 .50 lakhs to the accused and his accomplices for facilitating his and his wife migration abroad . However, they neither sent them abroad nor returned the money.
DSP said a case under Sections 406 (breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) and 120-B(criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Profession Regulation Act was registered against the accused.