Rs 12 lakh ‘Dunki route’ fraud case: 4th accused arrested from Amritsar airport
Accused Azad Singh was trying to flee to Malaysia; three-day police remand obtained
The Anti-Emigration Fraud Unit achieved another major success by arresting the main accused in a fraud case involving Rs 12.30 lakh.
The accused, identified as Azad Singh of Panipat, was arrested on Thursday at Amritsar airport while attempting to travel to Malaysia. He had been absconding for a long time and a look-out circular (LOC) was issued against him on June 23, 2024.
Azad was brought to Panchkula and produced before the court, which granted the police a three-day remand for detailed interrogation and recovery of the cheated money.
An FIR was registered at Raipur Rani Police Station on March 7, 2024, under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act, based on a complaint by a Panchkula resident.
The complainant alleged that the accused promised to send him legally to the United States on a tourist visa. They fixed the deal at Rs 38 lakh and initially collected Rs 12.30 lakh from him. Instead of sending him to the USA, they first sent him to Dubai and then to Armenia, while repeatedly assuring him that he would soon be sent to America. When the complainant realised that he had been cheated, he returned to India and lodged a police complaint.
During the investigation, police had already arrested three other accused—Baljinder, Vikas alias Vicky, and Pankaj Chauhan—and filed the chargesheet against them in court.
