More complainants turn up

  • | Sunday | 27th May, 2018

“We have solicited the details of illegal immigration agents’ properties and even the details of their bank accounts are being collected. The police have been collecting the details of properties of these illegal agents and the process will be initiated to attach the same. The investigating officer, ADCP Surendra Lamba, told The Tribune that these illegal travel agents had amassed a huge wealth by looting innocent people, who wanted to go abroad. One of the complainants, Sandeep Kaur of Jalandhar, said she had given Rs 25,000 to the firm, excluding Rs 3,500 for medical and Rs 2,000 for file charges, for arranging a visa to Canada. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL TRAVEL FIRMSBank accounts of illegal agents being verified, properties to be attachedNikhil BhardwajTribune News ServiceLudhiana, May 26CP assures strict actionThe Ludhiana Commissionerate is set to intensify action against travel agents duping residents on the pretext of sending them abroad.

CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL TRAVEL FIRMS Bank accounts of illegal agents being verified, properties to be attached Nikhil Bhardwaj Ludhiana, May 26 CP assures strict action The Ludhiana Commissionerate is set to intensify action against travel agents duping residents on the pretext of sending them abroad. The police have been collecting the details of properties of these illegal agents and the process will be initiated to attach the same. The investigating officer, ADCP Surendra Lamba, told The Tribune that these illegal travel agents had amassed a huge wealth by looting innocent people, who wanted to go abroad. “We have solicited the details of illegal immigration agents’ properties and even the details of their bank accounts are being collected. If we find that the source of these properties was the income of immigration firms, then the process will soon be initiated to attach the same,” the ADCP said.ADCP Lamba said: “Usually, these travel agents or immigration firm owners do not carry properties on their own name, but the same can be attached by collecting valid evidence that such properties were bought by these fraudsters in the name of their near and dear ones. When we conducted the raid at 99 Visa and Bright Solutions Consultancy, Ghumar Mandi, we arrested a man, named Ravinder Kumar, who claimed himself to be the owner of the firm. But during probe, it was found that Ravinder could not afford to be the owner. Rather, he was made the owner only on paper and the firm was actually being run by Nitish Ghai, who is at large.” Lamba also said that the racket was not limited to Punjab. Many victims were from Rajasthan, Haryana and other states.After coming to know about the immigration fraud, more than 25 complainants met Police Commissioner Sukhchain Singh Gill on Saturday alleging fraud by Blessing Consultancy and other immigration firms of the city. The CP, while assuring them of strict action on their complaints, told them that efforts were on to nab the owner of the firm, Nitish Ghai. One of the complainants, Sandeep Kaur of Jalandhar, said she had given Rs 25,000 to the firm, excluding Rs 3,500 for medical and Rs 2,000 for file charges, for arranging a visa to Canada. She was promised that her passport with a visa would reach her home within a month, but nothing came. She said now the firm had even refused to return the passport and taken the money as well.

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