Barnala girl, father booked for Rs 15L immigration fraud

Barnala, December 17

The Barnala police registered a fraud case against a girl studying in Canada and her father for duping Rs 15.20 lakh from a local resident on the pretext of taking him to Canada.

“My son Babbandeep was working in Dubai, but we called him back as Manpreet Kaur had assured us of taking him to Canada. Their marriage was solemnised in July 2019. We paid her a fee of Rs 16 lakh for Canada study while we also spent around Rs 5 lakh on their marriage,” alleged Narpal Singh.

As per allegations, after reaching at Canada, Manpreet allegedly neither completed the required formalities to call Babbandeep there nor returned the money when the family asked for it.

“She had cleared IELTS and we thought our son will get settled there. Of the total Rs 16 lakh, we gave Rs 15.20 lakh through bank while the remaining Rs 80,000 was given in cash,” he alleged.

The police have registered a case under Sections 420 and 120B of the IPC against Manpreet and her father Kewal Singh. — TNS