Posted by Admin: Fri Aug 19 2011,
The police said Amit’s mother Saroj Kakkar and wife Swati Kakkar, the co-accused in the cases registered against the company, were absconding.
“We have been conducting raids after the company was booked for cheating and forgery on August 13, but so far we have not been able to arrest them,” said a police officer in Sector 36 police station, where seven cases of cheating have been registered against the company. The police is also investigating 42 complaints against the company.
While the company employees are absconding, the Chandigarh police investigators are all set to question various bank officials who had opened fake accounts of dozens of youths on behalf of the company to facilitate the visa process for their clients.
Chandigarh, August 17
Investigations into cheating cases registered against Amit Kakkar have put the alleged dubious role of banks under the scanner. The police said operators of the immigration firm had opened fake accounts for their clients across various banks with the connivance of bank employees. The fake accounts were opened to facilitate visa procurement process for his clients.
The police has received details of 36 visa applications from the British High Commission which were rejected on account of fake bank documents. All of the applications have been processed by Healthyway Immigrations. In addition, the Australian High Commission has given details of four such visa applications, which were processed by Healthyway and rejected on account of fake bank documents, to the UT Police.
The banks include the branches of the Oriental Bank of Commerce in Rajpura, Mundi Kharar and Gharaunda in Punjab, Allahabad Bank in Ambala and Jalandhar, and the SBI and UCO Bank branches in Sirmaur in Himachal.
Amit Kakkar has been booked in seven cases of cheating and the police has received 40 complaints against him.
He was arrested in the second case registered today following which he was remanded in two-day police custody.
Chandigarh:
The director of Healthyway Immigration Consultants, Amit Kakkar, 34, arrested for large scale immigration fraud was sent to one day police remand on Thursday. Chandigarh police is conducting raids at various places to nab the other officials of the company.
The police said Amit’s mother Saroj Kakkar and wife Swati Kakkar, the co-accused in the cases registered against the company, were absconding.
“We have been conducting raids after the company was booked for cheating and forgery on August 13, but so far we have not been able to arrest them,” said a police officer in Sector 36 police station, where seven cases of cheating have been registered against the company. The police is also investigating 42 complaints against the company.
While the company employees are absconding, the Chandigarh police investigators are all set to question various bank officials who had opened fake accounts of dozens of youths on behalf of the company to facilitate the visa process for their clients.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ashish Kapoor, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT), said, “So far the role of 13 banks is under scanner and they will be questioned soon for their role.” He added that after going through the various records of the company, they have established a fraud worth Rs 4 to 5 crores. “But we can only assess the true magnitude, once we go through all the records,” he said.
The Healthyway Immigration Consultants is accused of duping scores of youths on the basis of false promises of an easy migration overseas and the company was booked after an input about the massive fraud from the British Embassy.
Investigations into cheating cases registered against Amit Kakkar have put the alleged dubious role of banks under the scanner. The police said operators of the immigration firm had opened fake accounts for their clients across various banks with the connivance of bank employees. The fake accounts were opened to facilitate visa procurement process for his clients.
The police has received details of 36 visa applications from the British High Commission which were rejected on account of fake bank documents. All of the applications have been processed by Healthyway Immigrations. In addition, the Australian High Commission has given details of four such visa applications, which were processed by Healthyway and rejected on account of fake bank documents, to the UT Police.
The banks include the branches of the Oriental Bank of Commerce in Rajpura, Mundi Kharar and Gharaunda in Punjab, Allahabad Bank in Ambala and Jalandhar, and the SBI and UCO Bank branches in Sirmaur in Himachal.
Amit Kakkar has been booked in seven cases of cheating and the police has received 40 complaints against him.
He was arrested in the second case registered today following which he was remanded in two-day police custody.
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