NAKODAR
The Nakodar city police have booked a woman travel agent for allegedly duping a local resident of Rs 8.54 lakhs on the pretext of sending his family.
The Station House Officer) SHO) Labh Singh said that the accused has been identified as Gurpreet Kaur, managing director, Creative Future Consulenze, SCF-7, top floor, Phase -2 SAS Nagar.
SHO said Hardev Singh a resident of Guru Teg Bahadar Nagar, Nakodar complained to Jalandhar (rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he paid Rs 8.54 lakh to the accused for facilitating his family’s migration abroad. However, she neither sent his family abroad nor returned the money and threatened him.
SHO said a case under section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused after an inquiry and assistant sub-inspector Balwinder Singh is further investigating.