Chandigarh, September 23
The special investigating team (SIT) of the UT police arrested the director of in Sector 8 here in a cheating case today. The police arrested Mangat Ram, while his wife and co-accused Neena Sharma is on the run. The company is in the dock for duping at least 22 of their clients of Rs 22.3 lakh on fake promises of easy migration abroad.
A resident of Ropar, Mangat Ram was produced in court and remanded to three days’ police custody. DSP Anil Joshi said the accused had fled after closing his office in March when complainants approached the police. “The Ford Feista car of the accused has been impounded and we have seized his four bank accounts in Mohali,” said Joshi.
The accused was arrested under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC and 24 of the Immigration Act. The case against him was registered on July 29 on the complaint of Daljit Singh, a resident of Sector 23-D and 20 other complainants who were duped in a similar fashion by the immigration company by taking money from them for sending them abroad.
The complainants alleged that they had applied for work permit visa for Canada through Sri Sai Kirpa Immigration in Sector 8. All complainants had paid Rs 22.3 lakh, but they were never provided any visa nor were they refunded the amount.
It was also alleged that the company gave forged offer letters of Canadian companies to them. The company owners had also taken the passports in original of some of the candidates.
The police had earlier arrested employees of the company Vikram Jaiswal, a resident of Jagadhari district in Yamunanagar, and Tammana, alias Nidhi, also a resident of Yamunanagar.
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