Woman travel agent booked for ransom call

The Lohian Khas police have booked a woman travel agent on the charges of extortion and kidnapping a youth.

SHO Gursharan Singh said the accused has been identified as Kartika, a resident of Baba Basta Singh colony near Gurdwara Takkar Sahib, Tarn Taran.

Gurnam Singh, a resident of Gatta Mundi Kasu village, complained to the police that the accused had been known to him for a long time and had agreed to send his son Ajay to Australia for Rs 20 lakh, which was to be paid after his son’s arrival abroad.

The complainant said the accused took his son to Kolkata on October 2 and then to Dubai.

He said his brother received two WhatsApp calls to deposit Rs 70 lakh as ransom if they wanted their son back and threatened to kill him if they failed to pay the money.

Gurnam said the accused Kartika is behind this conspiracy, adding that the accused has kidnapped his son for her selfish motives and action should be taken her.

A case under sections 140(2)(kidnapping for ransom) and 143(trafficking of person) of the BNS has been registered against the accused.