NURMAHAL
The Bilga police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Bilga village resident of Rs.6.50 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
The investigating officer (IO) Satpal said that the accused have been identified as Makhan Singh son of Swaran Singh a resident of Kang Arayian village under Phillaur police station.
Lachman Dass a resident of Aujla village had complained to the Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police (SSP) that he had paid Rs 6.50 lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration abroad, but he was not sent abroad nor returned the money.
IO said that a case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating) 467,468,471(fraud), and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC was registered against the accused and his accomplice Mukhtiar Singh son of Tarsem Singh a resident of Mehmi colony, Nurmahal road, Phillaur.