Man booked for duping couple of Rs 4.67 lakh

The police have registered a case of cheating against a man after a couple alleged that they were duped of Rs 4.67 lakh on the promise of being sent to Canada.

On the complaint of Jagbir Singh of Khandwa village, a case was registered against Kanwaljit of Mohali at the Sadar police station, Yamunanagar, on Wednesday.

The complainant said that he and his wife Neeraj Rani wanted to go abroad.

He said that they saw an advertisement of a Mohali based company/travel agent on Facebook.

He further said that they contacted the said company’s Kanwaljit, who told them that he would send them to Canada and they would have to spend Rs 20 lakh for this work.

“We met Kanwaljit in 2020. He demanded Rs 20 lakh for sending us to Canada. We gave him Rs 4.67 lakh in different installments and our documents. The accused got them interviewed in Canada through online mode, but he didn’t send them to Canada,” the complainant told the police.

He said that now the accused was neither sending them abroad nor returning their money.

He added that when they demanded their money back, he threatened them with dire consequences.