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Foreign dreams: 602 fraud cases registered in 5 yrs Punjab: In the last five years, a total of 602 cases have been registered against immigration companies for duping people. Most of the victims have had to lose a considerable amount of money they may have earned either by selling their properties, working overtime or by taking loans. Inspite of them approaching the police, there is hardly any chance of getting their money back. Cases of people who are left with nothing committing suicide have also come to light.   According to records with the administration, there are more than 1,100 immigration firms in the district, of which only 32 are registered. Even though the high court has made registration of immigration firms mandatory, more than 80 firms are awaiting approval from the state government. With authorities failing to implement high court orders, unregistered firms continue to play havoc with people's lives.   Some Cases on Feb 28, 2012 ...

Foreign dreams: 602 fraud cases registered in 5 yrs ' Mohali: In the last five years, a total of 602 cases have been registered against immigration companies for duping people. Most of the victims have had to lose a considerable amount of money they may have earned either by selling their properties, working overtime or by taking loans. Inspite of them approaching the police, there is hardly any chance of getting their money back. Cases of people who are left with nothing committing suicide have also come to light. Last year, Sukhwant Singh, 28, a resident of Sangrur approached an immigration consultant, Rudraksh Group Overseas Solutions in Phase 1. The consultant failed to send Sukhwant abroad. Also, he did not get the Rs 2.5 lakh he paid after taking a loan with a massive rate of interest. Singh committed suicide by consuming poison in the office of the immigration firm in December. A case of abetment to suicide was registered. According to records with the administr...

Remand for  Rudraksh  immigration firm MD And manager Date 15 jan 2016  Family members of the 28-year-old Sangrur man who had committed suicide after being harassed by an immigration consultancy firm on Saturday met police officials in SAS Nagar seeking action against the employee of the firm. On Wednesday, Sukhwant Singh (28) hailing from Sangrur had committed suicide by allegedly consuming poisonous substance outside the office of the SAS Nagar-based immigration consultants-Rudraksh Group Overseas Solutions. He was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared dead. “He had borrowed Rs 2.5 lakhs from a money lender (aarthiya) on interest to pay immigration consultants for visa. They failed to arrange for his visa and delayed the refund of money on which the interest was adding up,” brother of the victim Baljeet Singh said. “He had made several visits to the firm for more than two years for refund but to no avail. Even on Wednesday, he had gone to coll...

BEFORE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL FORUM, UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH Complaint No. 17 of 2015 Atul Sharma S/o Sh. Yashvinder Kumar Sharma R/o #169, Sector 51-A, Chandigarh. …..Complainant Versus 1. Director, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services Ltd.  Head Office: A-12, Industrial Area, Phase-6, Mohali (Punjab), India 2. Regional Manager, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services Ltd. SCO 2415-16, Sector 22-C, Chandigarh. …..Opposite Parties Subject: - Complaint under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1996, as amended upto date On account of: Delay & Deficiency in Service as per Contract And Negligence on the part of Opposite Parties. Honorable Sir I have approached M/S World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services Ltd. (WWICS) SCO 2415-16, Sector 22-C, Chandigarh in the month of May, 2013 for providing me Permanent Residency under Federal Skill Trade Program, CANADA which is a Job Offer Based program,  The requirements of this pr...

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 ...

Rudraksh Immigration  Mohali’s dream sellers continue to ruin lives Date-: 30 Dec 2015 Ref:- http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/mohali-s-dream-sellers-continue-to-ruin-lives/story-gDc6etrgvd5Txvc66g4QNK.html The boat-capsize incident near the South American country of Panama, in which around 20 youths from Punjab trying to enter the US illegally are feared dead, has yet again brought into focus how immigration firms are cashing in on the craze of settling down abroad. In the past five years in SAS Nagar alone, 578 cases were registered against immigration consultants, often after complaints by people who alleged they were duped. Most of the victims are not only wailing over their shattered dreams, but also the losses: they had paid the firms after taken loans or selling off their property, and are now struggling to get the money back. But some were too broken. In December last year, Sukhwant Singh, a 28-year-old from Sangrur, committed suicide after ...

Rudraksh Group Mohali Immigration firm MD, manager held Tribune News Service Mohali, December 6 In the case pertaining to the alleged suicide by 26-year-old Sukhwant Singh from Sangrur, the Mohali police today arrested Rakesh Kumar, managing director of the Phase I-based immigration consultancy, Rudraksh Group, and its manager Deepak. Rakesh and Deepak have been arrested on a charge of abetment of suicide. A case in this regard has been registered under Section 306 of the IPC at Phase I police station.  The victim had reportedly taken poison at around 4 pm in front of the office of the immigration consultancy service on December 3. He was taken to a private hospital where he was declared brought dead. Sukhwant Singh’s kin had alleged that he was upset as the management of Rudraksh Group was not returning Rs 2.5  lakh, which it had taken from him around two years ago on the pretext of sending him to Canada on a work visa.  The victim’s uncle, Sampuran Singh, had...