Tribune News Service
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 20
The Ramdass police have booked four persons, including a woman, for allegedly duping a resident of Rs12 lakh on the pretext of getting her daughter-in-law admission in a college in Canada.
Those booked have been identified as Sarabjit Singh Mahal of Dahuria village, Satnam Singh of Dhadiala village in Batala, Jagroop Singh and his wife Jobanpreet Kaur of Makowal village. No arrest has been made so far.
A case has been registered following a probe conducted by DSP Ravinder Singh of Punjab Bureau of Investigation. The complaint lodged by the complainant in November 2020.
Sukhdev Singh of Haler village told the police that his daughter-in-law Paramjit Kaur had cleared IELTS exam. He said Jagroop was their neighbour. He said in December 2019, he along with his father had come to Ranjit Avenue for some work where Jagroop and his wife Jobanpreet Kaur met them. They introduced them with Sarabjit, Satnam and Sachin.
He said the accused said they were travel agents and assured a study visa for Paramjit (AIMS College in Canada). He said the accused took Rs 12.50 lakh from him. Sukhdev said they gave Rs 11.90 lakh on March 5, 2020 and took a cheque of Rs 50,000. He said on March 3, when Paramjit went to the above mentioned college in Canada, the insitute said that they did not receive any payment. He alleged when they contacted Jagroop and asked them to return the amount, he refused.
The police have registered a case under Sections 420 and 120 of the IPC against the accused while no arrest was made till now. The police said further investigation was under way.
