On US deportees’ complaints, 4 FIRs in Punjab, Haryana against travel agents

In Punjab, the Amritsar Rural constabulary booked Satnam Singh, a question cause who allegedly defrauded Daler Singh, (38), a nonmigratory of colony Salem Pura who was among the deportees,

The constabulary successful Haryana besides registered FIRs against 3 question agents connected charges of cheating and transgression breach of trust, acting connected the complaints of 2 deportees and their household members. In the FIR registered astatine Raja Sansi constabulary presumption successful Amritsar, Daler Singh notation that helium utilized to enactment arsenic a operator earlier deciding to migrate to the US for a amended aboriginal for his family. In 2023, his comparative Gursevak Singh introduced him to question cause Satnam Singh, a nonmigratory of colony Kotli Khahera, who had promised to instrumentality him to the US successful a ineligible way. Daler Singh further said that helium raised wealth to wage the question cause by borrowing from relatives and friends, too mortgaging his farmland.

He said that helium was taken to Dubai and aboriginal to Brazil. He was past taken done the ‘dunki’ route, enduring hardships similar passing done treacherous pathways successful the jungles of Panama earlier being arrested by US authorities connected January 15.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Amritsar Rural, Charanjeet Singh said that Daler’s household pad Rs 60 lakh to the cause successful respective instalments, including done online slope transfer.

“Daler Singh gave america immoderate impervious to enactment his ailment and those were recovered genuine upon verification. Following this, an FIR was lodged against Satnam Singh,” the SSP said. Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that Indians who were deported from the US are not criminals but victims of crime. “Fraudulent migration agents looted millions from them and illegally sent them to America. Today, I initiated ineligible proceedings against 1 specified fraud agent,” helium said.

Meanwhile, the Karnal constabulary successful Haryana registered 2 FIRs against 3 question agents connected the ailment of Shubham, a nonmigratory of Kalaram village, whose member Akash was among the deportees, and Sumit Singh from Bassi, besides a deportee.

On the ground of Sumit’s complaint, constabulary person booked Karnal nonmigratory Pradeep Rana nether charges of cheating and transgression breach of spot isolated from the provisions of the Immigration Act. Sumit alleged that the cause had promised to nonstop him to the US done a ineligible way and charged him Rs 40 lakh. “Rana sent maine to the US done a dunki way successful August 2024. I jumped implicit a obstruction successful Mexico to participate the US connected January 25. However, the US Police arrested maine and I was deported,”

Sumit said adding helium took Rs 8 lakh from relatives. “To wage the remainder of the money, we offered him 1.5 acres of land, and an statement was made for the same,” helium added.

Shubham lodged a ailment against a Jalandhar nonmigratory Rocky and his subordinate alleging that they had promised to nonstop Aakash to the US aft charging Rs 42.5 lakh, but helium was duped. “Aakash entered the US connected January 26 and was instantly arrested by the US constabulary and deported,” Shubham told the police.

Meanwhile, Director General of Police, Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said the 4 subordinate SIT volition instrumentality enactment against immoderate idiosyncratic recovered progressive successful amerciable emigration oregon quality trafficking.

The SIT is headed by ADGP (NRI) Parveen Sinha, and comprises ADGP (Internal Security) Shive Verma, IGP (Provisioning) Dr S Boopathi, and DIG (Border Range) Satinder Singh.