Two Rajpura-based travel agents booked on plaint of US deportee
A week after the US deported 104 illegal Indian immigrants, including Ramandeep Singh of Ibrahimpur village in Nawanshahr, the police have registered a case against two Rajpura-based travel agents after recording his statement.
The accused have been identified as Sahil Kumar and Surjit Singh.
Investigating Officer Sohan Singh said both travel agents were at large. “We are looking at the case from every angle. We will also investigate if the duo duped others as well,” he said.
The 35-year-old said, “I am not in a condition to talk right now. I have gone through a lot. I spent Rs 40 lakh to go to the US, for which I heavily relied on loan.”
Ramandeep said he wanted to go to Canada for which he approached two agents in Rajpura. “The agents told me that visa refusal rate was high in Canada. Thus, they sent me to the US. In October last year, I reached the UK and from there, I was taken to Mexico,” he said.
“The day I reached Mexico, two unknown persons snatched my mobile phone and made me sit in a car. They had weapons. After crossing the border, they left me in the US,” added Ramandeep, who studied till Class XII.
“I wanted to settle abroad and earn. After getting deported, my focus is on getting money back,”
he stated.
A case under Sections 143, 316 (2), 318 (4) and 61 of the BNS and Section 24 of the Immigration Act-1983 has been registered against Sahil and Surjit.
Meanwhile, other two deportees from Nawanshahr—Manpreet and Saveen—are avoiding mediapersons.
