Sec-34 immigration firm booked for fraud

Police acts after Kharar resident ‘duped’ of Rs 2.3 lakh 

Chandigarh, August 14
Tightening its noose around “immigration companies” cheating people on the pretext of sending them abroad, the local police on Sunday registered a case against Scotch Education & Immigration Service, based in the Sector 34, following a complaint lodged by a Kharar resident claiming the firm duped him of Rs 2.3 lakh.
The police said the firm’s owners, Dhaliwal and Seema, were booked after Yaman Khan, a resident of Siswan village (Kharar), located in Mohali district, alleged the firm did not send him abroad even after he had paid Rs 2.3 lakh, nor had the firm return any of the money.
Sector-34 police station officer Kirpal Singh said the firm had promised the complainant he would be sent abroad on a work permit, but never made it clear where he would be sent. “The complainant stated that after repeated requests his money was not refunded following which he decided to file a compliant”, he added.
According to police officials, during preliminary investigations it was found the firm had not been registered and was operating illegally.
Kirpal further said after allegedly cheating the complainant the firm’s owners closed down their office a few months ago and had yet to be traced. “At present we’ve received only a single complaint against the firm. During our investigations we’ll be checking on other clients of the firm to establish whether there are more victims”, he said.
Sources close to the police said the addresses of the firm’s owners are being traced. Meanwhile, no arrests have been made in the case so far.
On the basis of the complaint a preliminary investigation was initiated and a case under section 420 (forgery) & 120 (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and section 24 of the Immigration Act, 1983 was filed against the firm’s owners at the Sector 34 police station.