The police in Punjab and Haryana have registered cases against some travel agents on charges of duping the illegal Indian immigrants who were deported by the US two days ago. The Punjab Police have booked a travel agent from Amritsar district, who reportedly sent one of the US deportees illegally, who was among the illegal migrants from India deported by the US authorities on Wednesday.
The complainant, Daler Singh, a resident of Salempura village near Rajasansi in Amritsar district, was among the illegal Indian immigrants who were deported by the US. After that I was sent to Brazil. The police said the accused was absconding and their teams are searching for him. However, his shop at Rajasani was sealed by the cops. Punjab NRI affairs minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said the government is working to initiate action against other such agents as well.
He said that a case was registered against a travel agent in connection with the recent deportation from the US. Meanwhile, the Karnal police booked four travel agents on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust, acting on the complaints from the deportees or their family members. As per the police, there are seven people from the district among those deported, including two minors. The details of the FIR or the complaint were not divulged by the police. He said that complaints were received from three men and cases were registered against four agents under sections of BNS and Immigration Act.
A case was registered on the complaint of Shubham, a resident of Kalaram village, whose brother Akash was among the deportees. Cases have also been registered based on complaints filed by Mohit and Sumit Singh or their families.
Share Via. Police officials escort immigrants deported from the United States, who were among those who arrived in a US military plane on Wednesday in Amritsar, upon their arrival at the Ahmedabad airport in India, on Thursday, AP.
