Kaithal, Dec 16 (UNI) On the instructions of SP Upasana, the District Police are cracking down on touts who are cheating the common people on the pretext of sending them abroad.
Police spokesperson said that while investigating a case of cheating of lakhs in the name of sending a youth to Australia. Accused Manish Singh, resident of Naigaon district Palghar Maharashtra, was arrested from Naigaon Mumbai by the team of SI Kulbir Singh under the leadership of Economic Cell in-charge Inspector Omprakash.
The spokesperson said that according to the complaint of Mahindra Pal, a resident of village Khedi, Ghulam Ali, he wanted to send his son Naveen abroad. For this, he talked to Ranjit Kaur, resident of village Bakala Punjab, who has set up an office in Patiala in the name of Ranjit Immigration.
Ranjit Kaur said that she would send Naveen to Australia and asked for Rs 25 lakh for this work.
The accused said that out of this, Rs 10 lakh would have to be paid in advance and the remaining amount would have to be paid when Naveen reached Australia. He gave Rs 10 lakh to the accused from November 2023 to January 2024
Ranjit Kaur promised that first she will send Naveen to Bangkok and from there to Australia. On January 26, accused Ranjit Kaur sent Naveen to Bangkok, but even after four days, he did not send him further to Australia and asked him to come back to Mumbai. Her son stayed at Mumbai for about two months and on the request of the accused, my son Naveen deposited Rs 4, 76,000 from his account into the account of her partner Harjeet Kaur..Naveen returned home from Mumbai in April 2024.
When they spoke to the accused again, he said that he had given them a fake visa. When he asked for his money back as the visa was fake, the accused gave him a cheque which bounced.
When he asked for his money back as the visa was fake, the accused gave him a cheque which bounced. On repeatedly asking for money, the accused Ranjit Kaur became enraged and he and his associates beat her up and threatened to kill her. Regarding which a case was registered in Cheeka police station.
One accused has already been arrested in the said case. Accused Manish was involved in the said incident, the money was transferred to his bank account. And the victim was made to be with accused Manish in Mumbai. Police remand of the accused for 2 days has been obtained from the court for extensive interrogation.
EOW arrests man for duping youths of lakhs by promising to send him to Australia
