Paid Rs 80 lakh to Haryana-based agent, claim kin of US deportees

A couple from Jaulan Khurd village, who reached here after being deported from the US, had paid Rs 80 lakh to a Haryana-based immigration agent, members of their family claimed.

Gurpreet Singh and his wife Amanpreet Kaur, both aged around 25, were among the 67 Punjab deportees who arrived at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar by a special flight on Saturday night.

Gurpreet has done bachelors in agriculture, while Amanpreet is a Class XII pass-out. Gurpreet’s father, a Punjab Police ASI posted in Mohali, said the couple had last called him on February 5 when they entered the US territory from Mexico. The couple first left for Dubai around nine months ago.

“We have suffered a great financial loss. We appeal to the government to compensate for our loss to some extent. Action must be taken against immigration agents who dupe people of their hard-earned money,” said Gurpreet’s father.

A native of Khera village in Sialba Majri block, Taranveer Singh. today reached home but remained confined to his room. Rupnagar deportee Harsimranjeet Singh’s family had gone to pick him up from Amritsar but they left for an undisclosed destination from there.