One held for land fraud

UK-based NRI booked for cheating another

Chandigarh, August 23Two persons defrauded a UK-based NRI by attempting to sell his house at Sector 10 while the latter was abroad. The police today booked the two accused. The police arrested Gurinder Singh of Jalandhar for preparing fake documents to sell the house of NRI Chatur Singh Bajwa. The police also booked another NRI, Avinder Singh Kahlon, for arranging fake general power of attorney (GPA) to the accused. Gurinder was remanded to police custody for two days.
Bajwa alleged that the accused had tried to sell his house at Sector 10 after arranging fake documents. The GPA was sent by Kahlon from the UK, following which these were put up before the UT estate office.

Another immigration fraud comes to light against Overseas Education and Immigration

Chandigarh, August 23
The UT Police today arrested owner of an immigration company, Overseas Education and Immigration, in a cheating case. The police arrested Sanjiv Prabhakar for duping a Sector-38 resident on false promises of sending him abroad.
Prem Parkash Bhatt, a resident of Sector-38 West, reported to the police that he read an advertisement in the newspaper about Overseas Education and Immigration Centre, Sector 8, and applied for migration to UK through them.
Sanjiv Prabhakar assured him that they will arrange the visa with 100 per cent guarantee and was asked to deposit documents. The complainant wanted to get visa for his wife Rashmi Bhatt. He then deposited a fee of Rs 2 lakh for showing funds, Rs 17,000 for embassy fee, Rs 1,800 for college registration fee and Rs 3,000 as postal fee.
He was then asked to visit their Patiala branch in charge to open up his bank account and to meet Napinder Singh. They also asked to pay Rs 50,000 to him. The complainant confronted them that he has already paid a fee of Rs 2 lakh when he was told the additional fee was required. He alleged that he was never given a receipt and the accused took his signatures on blank papers.
After one-and-a-half month, Sanjiv Parbhakar replied that due to non-verification of certificate, the visa had been rejected.
After that Sanjiv Parbhakar demanded Rs 1 lakh more but he was unable to pay. He alleged that Sanjiv Parbhakar did not return the whole amount and threatened him as well.
A case under Section 420 of the IPC has been registered in the Sector 3 police station. The accused was arrested by the police.
The police said the accused was also arrested by the economic offences wing in May in another similar case of fraud.