Mohali sees 56 immigration fraud cases in 6 months
MOHALI: After Chandigarh, Mohali seems to have become hub of
immigration fraud. In 56 incidents reported in the last six months,
gullible people have lost more than Rs 1.5 crore. Interestingly, in
majority of cases the accused are also wanted by Chandigarh police for
fraud.
Local police have managed to crack 19 cases out of 56 while the rest
are still pending with the investigation agencies. On June 16, five
cases of immigration frauds against a dozen travel agents were
registered for duping seven persons on the pretext of sending them
abroad on work permit and student visas. Police sources told TOI,
"Accused Neena Sharma, who is currently facing two dozen cheating cases
in Chandigarh, is also wanted by district police in recently registered
eight cases. Her husband Mangat Ram was arrested three days ago." Neena
was running immigration business under the banner of Shri Sai Kirpa
Immigration Services in Mohali and Chandigarh.
As many as 50 cases of cheating have been registered against the staff
and owners of Jet Immigration Company, Mohali, in the last two years in
Chandigarh police is also investigating some complaints against the same
firm.
SP (Detective) Balwinder Singh agrees that there is a sudden
rise in cases pertaining to immigration frauds, but said reason behind
it is free registration of FIRs. He said, "We have started registering
FIRs on the basis of evidences and legal opinions are secondary."
in 2015 Dec a FIR was lodged at the Phase I Mohali Police Station against Rakesh Kumar, owner of Rudraksh Immigration Company, and Deepak Kumar, manager of Rudraksh Group.
Sukhwant Singh had allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance in front of the immigration company’s office on December 2. Relatives of the deceased had, however, alleged that Singh had committed suicide after being duped of Rs 2.5 lakh by the immigration company. According to Singh’s relatives, over a year ago, Rudraksh Immigration Company had allegedly taken Rs 2.5 lakh from Singh on the pretext of sending him to Canada on a work visa. However, the company did not return the amount to Singh even after failing to send him abroad.
The complainant Harpreet Singh Malhotra had approached the WWICS in 2011 for a work visa to Canada. Arvinder Singh, an executive of WWICS, apprised him regarding the permanent residence programme in the state of Manitoba (Canada). He further asked the complainant to submit his resume.
Harpreet was informed that WWICS would arrange two sponsors for the complainant and his family. Three different agreements were signed between the Harpreet and WWICS on March 31, 2011. As per the agreements, Harpreet had paid Rs70,000 as retainership fee, plus $4,500 and $6,000 to WWICS. Singh later received an e-mail from the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Programme (MPNP) that his application had been received and would be reviewed to ensure it is complete and eligible for assessment.
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