Lookout circular issued against Canada-based Jagman Samra in Cyber crime case

The Cyber Branch of Ludhiana Police have started gathering information about victims of Canada-based Jagman Samra, who, along with his accomplice in India, had been booked under an FIR at the Cyber Police station a fortnight ago.

Already facing action for allegedly posting an objectionable AI-generated video in connection with Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann, Samra had also generated trouble for his son Harkirat Singh, whose name is included in a case registered for an alleged fake crypto-currency racket and human trafficking.

Though it may be routine for Samra, the Cyber Crime Police Ludhiana had also issued a lookout circular against him and his son, Harkirat Singh.

Following the uploading of an objectionable video post on social media by Jagman Samra, the Cyber Police had registered an FIR against him and his accomplice under sections 420, 120 B, 465, 468, and 471 of the IPC on the statement of a sub-inspector, Harinder Pal Singh, on October 24.

The police had also arrested four suspects: Parmel Singh, Gurpreet Singh Chahal, Kartik Mittal, and Bachiter Singh, who had been close associates of Samra and furthering his alleged illegal activities in this region.

Preliminary investigations from the arrested accused revealed that Jagman Samra originally hails from Fagguwal village near Bhawanigarh in Sangrur district and is presently settled in Canada.

He is suspected to have duped a large number of people through fake crypto-currency and human trafficking during the past decades.

Samra and his accomplice have reportedly established offices in urban and rural localities to lure innocent people. The Police have now started gathering information about Samra’s victims with the intent to prevent others from falling prey to his sinister designs.

DSP Cyber Crime Murad Jasvir Gill said the Cyber Cell Police Station was conducting a probe on the basis of information extracted from the suspects arrested so far.

“As I was on leave for a few days, I am yet to collect the latest information from the concerned police station. But we have tried to invite a maximum number of victims of the racket being run by Samra and his accomplice, so that potential victims can be saved from falling prey to their sinister designs,” said Gill.