Agent dupes family of Rs47 lakh, booked

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, March 7

A Pehowa family has allegedly been duped of Rs 47 lakh on the pretext of sending a youth of the family abroad.

Keshav, a resident of Jaipur, allegedly took Rs 47 lakh from the family to send Sandeep, a resident of Pehowa in Kurukshetra, to the USA, but didn’t send him.

A case has been registered under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC and Sections 10 and 24 of the Immigration Act at the Pehowa police station.

In her complaint to the police, Snehalata, a resident of Pehowa, stated that Keshav was an acquaintance of her son Sandeep and used to visit and stay with them. Similarly, Sandeep used to stay with Keshav in Jaipur.

Keshav told them that he sends people abroad and offered to send Sandeep to the USA, for which he sought Rs 50 lakh. After the family expressed inability to pay Rs 50 lakh, he offered them to give him money in instalments. He took Rs 47 lakh in instalments, but never sent Sandeep to the USA. The complainant alleged that when they confronted Keshav and asked him to arrange Sandeep’s visa or return the money, he refused to do so.