NAKODAR
The Nakodar city police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a Nakodar village resident of Rs.21 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.
The Investigating officer (IO) Rannjit Singh said that the accused has been identified as Jagdish Singh Gill son of Hukam Singh Gill a resident of Samal Sar village under Bagha Purana police station in Moga.
Sukhdev Das Banka a resident of Dhaliwal village complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police that he paid Rs 21lakhs to the accused for facilitating his migration abroad but the accused did not send him abroad and not returned the money.
IO said that a case under section 406 (breach of trust). 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.