Four FIRs filed against travel company in a day

A city-based travel firm, Globalway Immigration, at Ishmeet Chowk, faced four separate FIRs on Tuesday for committing a travel and immigration fraud with residents of different districts. The firm duped the foreign aspirants of lakhs of rupees.

The suspects in the four cases have been identified as Amit Malhotra, Veenu Malhotra and Karun Kumar.

In the first case, the complainant, Inderjit Singh, of Partap Singh Wala told the police that last year the firm owner had taken Rs 89,000 from him and assured to send him, his wife and child to Canada on work permit but despite taking the money, he failed to arrange a visa. He also refused to return the money following which, he was forced to lodge a police complaint.

Another complainant, Navdeep Singh, a resident of Gurdaspur, said the firm owner and staff had taken Rs 2.95 lakh from him to send his wife to England on a study visa. When they failed to arrange a visa and were told to return the money, the suspects started making hollow promises. To seek justice, he lodged a police complaint and after investigation, a case was registered against the accused.

The third case was registered on the complaint of Sharandeep Kaur of Salem Tabri, here. The complainant alleged that she and her husband wanted to go to the UK. When they approached the accused, they promised the duo that a visa would be arranged. Believing on the suspects, she gave Rs 11.75 lakh to them but despite taking money, they failed to arrange a visa. On Tuesday, a case was registered against them.

In another case, Vishaldeep of Amritsar was cheated of Rs 10 lakh by the suspects on the pretext of sending him abroad.

The complainants in all cases demanded that all suspects should face strict punishment so that they don’t dare to cheat other foreign aspirants in the future.