Duped of Rs 32 lakh , victim awaits arrest of travel agents

Sukhbir Singh, a resident of Singhpura village under Bhikhiwind police station, who was duped of Rs 32 lakh about three years back by a travel agent and his son, has since then been moving from pillar to post to seek justice. The Bhikhiwind police had booked accused Gurpreet Singh and his father Raghbir Singh, both living near the Guru Nanak Dev University, Chhehtra (Amritsar), under Section 420, 467 and 468, IPC, and had initiated further proceedings. But no arrest has been made in the case so far.

The accused took Rs 32 lakh from Sukhbir for sending his son Sajanpreet Singh to the UK on a work permit for five years. The accused gave the victim a fake visa on which Sajanpreet went to England and when he reached there he found out that there was no such company for which he had been given the visa. He had to take shelter in a gurdwara and was issued notice to leave the country by the UK government.

Sukhbir said that he lodged a complaint with the district police months back but the accused named in the FIR lodged by Bhikhiwind police had not been arrested so far. He said that he was moving from pillar to post and after being duped of the huge amount he was now facing harassment.

Preetinder Singh DSP, Bhikhiwind said on Wednesday that the accused were absconding and the police was conducting raids to arrest them.