Jalandhar: Nawanshahr police registered two separate cases of fraud related to alleged foreign visa fraud and booked three people for allegedly taking money from victims on the pretext of sending them abroad. In the first case, police registered a case against Sandeep Kumar alias Seepa, a resident of Kaleran near Banga, under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for cheating and fraud of Rs 2.20 lakh. Based on a complaint by Palwinder Kaur, a resident of village Mahalo under the City Nawanshahr police station, police said the accused allegedly took Rs 2.20 lakh from her husband by promising to send him to Armenia, but neither arranged the travel nor returned the money. Police said the accused has not been arrested yet.
In the second case, police registered a case under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Jyoti Bala, wife of Kripal Singh, and Suraj Pratap Singh, son of Avtar Singh, for allegedly defrauding people on the pretext of arranging work visas for Italy. Based on a complaint from Jasmine Kaur Saini, daughter of Surjeet Singh, a resident of Bajidpur under the Rahon police station, police said the accused allegedly took ₹8 lakh from the complainant and her brother by promising to arrange work visas for them in Italy, but neither issued the visas nor returned their original passports. Police said both accused are currently living in Italy and are pending arrest. Further investigations are underway in both cases.
