Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana January 16 Notorious travel agent Nitish Ghai who had once hogged the limelight for facing over 100 FIRs of travel and immigration fraud is again on the radar of Ludhiana Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal. The top cop has asked Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti to conduct a reinvestigation into the pending cases against him and ensure early justice to all the victims duped by him. At present 14 cases are under investigation while 86 cases are under trial in which the police have submitted challan. In three cases a compromise was achieved reportedly by compensating the victims of travel fraud. As per the police one travel fraud was cancelled and in one case Ghai had acquitted by the court. Presently he is out on bail. The CP while talking to The Tribune said since the police have already launched a probe against the illegal travel business running in the city in which around 100 FIRs have been registered against over 200 travel agents in the past few days “Now our focus is on the old travel fraud cases registered in the city in the past during this exercise case of notorious travel agent Nitish Ghai was found against whom 105 travel fraud cases were registered in the past. I have asked the ADCP to scan all the cases registered against him” added the CP. ADCP Crime Rupinder when contacted said she was entrusted the task to re-probe the cases. “We will check if he has again started the travel business on the name of other and if any such thing comes to fore we will pursue legal action accordingly.” ADCP added. Ghai broke all records of travel fraud in 2018 Over 100 FIRs were registered against travel and immigration agent Nitish Ghai in 2018 by then ADCP Surendra Lamba. Nearly 80 per cent of his victims belong to Punjab. Others were from Haryana Gujarat Andhra Pradesh HP and J&K. Ghai had got bail after spending considerable time in jail. Two of Ghais firms were mentioned in the list of illegal travel agents released by the MEA. The Tribune was the first to report the development of 100 FIRs registered against Ghai then. Cops to check property attachment status Earlier when the police registered over 100 FIRs against Ghai the police had collected the details of over a dozen prime properties the market value of which was over Rs 20 crore. Interestingly these properties exist in Ludhiana only. The CP said status of property attachment will also be checked and intensified.

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