Five booked for fraud in Kapurthala district

Two separate cases of large-scale fraud have been registered in Kapurthala district in which complainants alleged that they were cheated of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending their family members abroad. The police have booked five accused under relevant sections of the BNS and the Punjab Travel Professions (regulation) Act for criminal breach of trust and cheating.

SSP Gaurav Toora said in the first case complainant Veena Kumari of Shivpuri, Phagwara, alleged that her brother Pawan Kumar and brother-in-law Piyush were deceived by the accused who promised to send them to England. According to the FIR, the accused — Makhan Singh of Guru Nanakpura, Phagwara, and Kuljinder Kaur of Rurrka Khurad village, presently residing in Guru Nanakpura, Phagwara, — fraudulently took Rs 15,83,500 on the promise of facilitating overseas travel of the victims, but failed to send them abroad.

SSP Toora said in the second case, complainant Swaran Singh of Bagaria village, near Bholath, told the police three individuals defrauded his nephew on the pretext of sending him abroad. The accused were identified as Raj Kumar, alia Raju, his wife Simran, and mother Balbir Kaur, all residents of Khasan village, near Bholath. They allegedly duped Swaran Singh’s nephew Sahjdeep Singh on the pretext of arranging a Canadian work permit for him. The accused took Rs 12,52,000 from the victim’s family, but failed to deliver on their promise.