Ludhiana:
After a woman cop deputed in Chief Minister security lodged a complaint against travel agent for duping her brother and mother of Rs 14.30 lakh by falsely promising UK visas, the Ludhiana police arrested a woman travel agent and her brother.
According to the police, the arrest was made within two hours of the complaint and the police recovered Rs 1.07 crore from the accused while adding that the accused had duped many other residents as well.
The accused have been identified as Veenu Malhotra (38) of Dugri and her brother Amit Malhotra (39). They run immigration office under name ‘Global Way Immigration’ near Ishmeet Singh Chowk in Model Town Extension.
It is pertinent to mention that the recently last month on August 12, A Sangrur based couple had also climbed to overhead water tank near Ishmeet Singh Chowk while raising voice against this same firm while claiming that the firm owner have duped them of Rs 10 lakh. After this incident, the administration received multiple complaints from other residents who were duped by the firm following which the district administration had cancelled the license of the firm.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP -3) Shubham Aggarwal, stated that now the FIR was registered following a complaint from Ravneet Kaur (woman cop), who alleged that her brother Jagdeep Singh and his wife Sukhvir Kaur were defrauded by the accused. The FIR was registered under section 420 of IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act and the accused were arrested.
He added that the investigation revealed that the accused had duped several other individuals by promising visas, then extorting money by claiming there were issues with their documentation.
According to the police the accused used to lure victims by offering to charge fees only after the visas were approved but would later demand money for “incomplete paperwork.” Veenu Malhotra is already facing trial in three other immigration-related cases.