Our Correspondent
Nakodar, June 28
The police have arrested a travel agent for allegedly duping a person of Rs 9.74 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad.
The accused has been identified as Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Sarih village.
Complainant Manjinder Singh, a resident of Saincha village, had informed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar(Rural), that he had paid the money to the accused for migrating to Canada, but neither did the accused sent him abroad nor did he return his money.
A case under sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused.
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