BJP leader held for immigration fraud in Ambala

Tribune News Service
Ambala, July 18

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Local BJP leader Makhan Singh Lobana, who was arrested in connection with an immigration fraud case by Ambala police on Friday, was produced before a court which sent him to four-day police remand on Saturday. The BJP leader has been facing four immigration fraud cases in Ambala.

On July 15, two cases were registered against him at the Naggal police station and the Ambala City police station. The complainants had accused the leader of sending youths to the US illegally.

A complainant, Baldev Singh, an agriculturist and also the nambardar of Metlan village, alleged that, “My son, Rajiv, and nephew, Kanwaljit Singh, were sent illegally to the US in July 2017. My brother, Krishan Lal, who lives in the US since 2006, had asked the agents to send both the boys there through proper means in 2016 for which the agent had sought Rs 20 lakh and the money was given in three installments.”

“They sent the youths illegally and sought Rs 20 lakh more. Meanwhile, we started getting threat calls that the boys would be killed there if the money was not paid. I didn’t have cash and give my land to them. My son and nephew were arrested in the US for entering the nation illegally and remained in jail for nearly two years. My nephew went into depression due to this and still undergoing treatment there,” he said.

Naggal police station SHO Sub-inspector Dharambir said, “A case was registered under Sections 406,420,370, 120-B, and 506 of the IPC, and 24 of the Immigration Act against Makhan Singh and Surinder Singh, both residents of Ambala City. Makhan Singh was produced before a court which sent him to a four-day remand.”