Two separate cheating cases registered over overseas visa fraud
Nawanshehr police registered two separate cheating cases involving alleged overseas visa fraud and booked three persons for allegedly taking money on the pretext of sending victims abroad.
In the first case, police registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC against Sandeep Kumar alias Seepa, a resident of Kaleran near Banga on the charges of cheating and fraud of Rs 2.20 lakh.
According to complaint lodged by Palwinder Kaur, resident of village Mahalo under City Nawanshahr police station, the police said the accused allegedly took Rs 2.20 lakh from her husband on the promise of sending him to Armenia but neither arranged the travel nor returned the money. Police said the accused has not been arrested so far.
In another case, police registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC against Jyoti Bala, wife of Kripal Singh, and Suraj Pratap Singh, son of Avtar Singh, on the charges of cheating people on the pretext of arranging work visas for Italy.
On a complaint lodged by Jasmeen Kaur Saini, daughter of Surjit Singh, a resident of Bajidpur under Rahon police station, the police said the accused allegedly took Rs 8 lakh from the complainant and her brother on the promise of arranging Italy work visas, but neither provided the visas nor returned their original passports.
Police said both accused are currently residing in Italy and their arrest is still pending. Further investigation in both cases is underway.
