IMMIGRATION FRAUD

Two more cases registered against company

Mohali, November 26
Two more fresh cases of cheating have been registered against an immigration company functioning from Phase VI here.

The police said Jagdish Singh, a resident of Gagon village, falling in Ropar district, complained that he gave a sum of Rs 1.20 lakh to Deepak Arora and Karandeep for sending him abroad. But he was neither sent abroad, nor was the money returned to him.

In another case, Vasdev Singh, a resident of Mauli Jagran, Chandigarh, complained to the police that he had paid Rs 1.20 lakh to the immigration company functioning from Phase VI for sending him abroad. He was neither sent abroad, nor was the money given back to him.

The police has registered cases under Sections 406, 420 and 120 B of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act in both the cases.

The police has also booked two residents of Phase II on the charges of cheating.

In his complaint, Raveen Bansal of Sector 70 said a sum of Rs 1.50 lakh was given by him to Subhash Chand and Rohit Mahajan for sending him abroad, but the needful was not done and his money was also not returned.

Amarjeet Singh of Phase II told the police that he received an SMS that he had won a lottery of Rs 5.50 lakh. He even got a phone call in this regard. He had deposited Rs 1.73 lakh on different occasions as was directed by the suspects but the lottery amount was not given to him.

The police has registered cases under Sections 406, 420 and 120 B of the IPC in both the cases.