Hoshiarpur: 16 booked for duping residents on pretext of sending them abroad

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Hoshiarpur, April 7

The district police have registered 13 cases and booked 16 accused for allegedly cheating Rs 95 lakh 50 thousand in different cases. As per the information, Kulwinder Kaur, a resident of Jandoli, told Chabbewal police that in the name of sending her daughter Navjot Kaur abroad, Amit Tuli, a resident of Batala Road, Gurdaspur, had allegedly cheated her of Rs 12,83,371. In another case, Surjit Singh, a resident of Lahili Kalan, told the Chabbewal police that Harmeet Kaur of Sector 34-A, Chandigarh, had allegedly cheated Rs 8 lakh 50 thousand from him in the name of sending abroad.

In yet another case, Jujhar Singh, a resident of village Nangal Khurd, told the Mahilpur police that Ankit Singh, a resident of Sector 48-C, Chandigarh, cheated him of Rs 2 lakh 70 thousand in the name of sending him abroad. Similarly, Manpreet Kaur, daughter of Balveer Singh, a resident of Kot Tuhi, told Mahilpur police that Satnam Singh, a resident of Kapurthala and Dilbagh Singh, a resident of Badian Kalan, had cheated her and given cheques to return the money, which were dishonoured.

Satnam Singh, a resident of Khanaura, told the Mehtiana police that a company based in Chennai has allegedly cheated him of Rs 10 lakh in the name of sending him abroad. Meanwhile, Deepak, a resident of Ahra village, told the police that Anugrah Kaur, a resident of Sector 41-B, Chandigarh, had allegedly cheated him of Rs 7 lakh 50 thousand in the name of sending him abroad. Similarly, Sohan Lal, a resident of village Sherpur Pakka, told Bullowal police that Sanjeev Kumar alias Sunny, a resident of Jalandhar and Nangal Kalala resident Rajrani, allegedly cheated him of Rs 12 lakh 96 thousand on the pretext of depositing money in his account.

In a separate case, Rekha Rani, wife of Durga Das, a resident of village Kapahat, told the Hariana police that in the name of getting her son recruited in the Army, Gaurav, a resident of Mansar, had allegedly cheated her of Rs 5 lakh. Similarly, Dalveer Singh, a resident of Baghpur, also told Hariana police that Harpinder Singh Kahlon, a resident of Purhiran, had cheated him of Rs 14 lakh 50 thousand on the pretext of sending him abroad.

Kamalpreet Kaur, a resident of Mirzapur, told the Garhdiwala police that Gurjinder Singh along with his wife Satveer Kaur had allegedly defrauded her husband of Rs 4 lakh 88 thousand on the pretext of sending him abroad. In another instance, Satnam Singh, a resident of village Khdiala Mirzapur, told the Tanda police that Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar, allegedly duped Rs 9 lakh 50 thousand from him on the pretext of sending him abroad. Darbara Singh, a resident of Chakkabamu, told the police that Sumit Sehgal, a resident of Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, and Surinder Kaka, a resident of Jalandhar, withdrew Rs 6 lakh from his daughter and son-in-law’s account.

Onkar Singh, a resident of Channaur, told the Mukerian police that some unknown person had cheated him of Rs 1 lakh 11 thousand by threatening and blackmailing him. After registering all the cases, the police have started further action.

13 cases registered

The district police have registered 13 cases and booked 16 accused for allegedly cheating Rs 95 lakh 50 thousand in different cases.

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