NURMAHAL
The Bilga police have booked a travel agent couple for allegedly duping a village resident of Rs.3.20 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) (detective) and investigating officer Jaswinder Singh said that the accused have been identified as Gurwinder Singh son of Mohinder Singh a resident of Talwann village and his wife Lovneet Kaur.
Raman Kumar a resident of Mian Wal village complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he paid Rs 3.20 to the accused for facilitating his migration abroad, but the accused did not send him abroad nor returned the money.
DSP said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional Regulation Act has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.