20 fresh complaints against Healthyway

Chandigarh, August 18

The UT police today received 20 fresh complaints against the owner of Healthyway Immigration for duping them of their hard-earned money on the pretext of sending them abroad.
With this, the total count of complaints with the police in this case touched 50. The police had earlier been investigating 30 complaints against the firm and had registered seven cases.
The prime accused, Amit Kakkar, was produced in court today. The police sought his custody again and he was remanded to one-day police custody.

Clients left in a dilemma

Scores of youths from Punjab today gathered outside the office of Healthyway Immigration at Sector 42 to enquire about the status of their visa applications.
The applicants, who had deposited lakhs with the company, were left harassed on finding the office sealed by the UT police and then queued up at the Sector-36 police station and the police headquarters at Sector 9 to know the status.
A large number of them were left in a dilemma as to whether they should pursue a complaint with the police or patiently wait for their visa applications to come up before either the British, Canadian or Australian High Commissions.
Paramjeet Singh, a client of the consultancy, had specially come from Jalandhar to enquire about his application after he got to know of the arrest of the director of Healthyway from newspapers.
“I went to the office of the consultancy and found it closed. Some people sitting outside told me that the office would open by August 20. From there I went to the Sector-36 police station. I have paid half the amount to the firm for migrating to the UK. My application was being processed,” he said.
While approaching the UT police, he was left in a dilemma as to whether he should file a complaint or wait for the visa application to be processed.
Yadwinder Singh, a resident of Sangrur, also faced a similar dilemma as he had deposited Rs 1.75 lakh with the company as he was promised migration to the UK.
“If we submit a complaint with the UT police, we will lose all chances of going abroad. My application is pending before the embassy. I am confused as to what course of action to follow,” he said.
Such clients of the consultancy were then advised to make enquiries from their respective embassies to know about the status of their applications.

Police dispatch teams

A team of the special investigating team today dispatched teams to various towns in Punjab where Healthyway had its branch offices. A separate team would make inquiries from various banks where the accused had been opening fake accounts of clients. The role of employees of these banks was also under the scanner.