Chandigarh: Continuing its crackdown on fraudulent immigration consultants exploiting innocent individuals, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Punjab police, on Wednesday held it had registered five more first information reports (FIRs) against travel agents and arrested two more accused travel agents.
With this development, the total number of FIRs totalled 15, while the arrest counted three. The FIRs were filed against agents who allegedly deceived victims with false promises of facilitating illegal entry into the United States, resulting in their deportation.
An official release said that the latest FIRs were registered in Tarn Taran, SAS Nagar, Moga, and Sangrur, on February 17 and 18, 2025.
In Tarn Taran, an agent, operating from Chandigarh and Yamuna Nagar, fraudulently took Rs 44 lakh from a victim under the pretence of legal immigration to the USA but instead routed him through Nicaragua and Mexico; In SAS Nagar, Mukul and Gurjinder Antaal, who misled a victim, took Rs 45 lakhs, and sent him via Colombia and Mexico.
In Moga accused identified as Sukhwinder Singh, Talwinder Singh, Pritam Kaur and Gurpreet Singh, including members of Ekam Travels, Chandigarh, lured a victim with a false work permit and direct USA flight, for an amount of Rs 45 lakh rupees sent him via Prague, Spain, and El Salvador.
Remaining two FIRs includes a case in Sangrur against visa and travel company operated by Angrej Singh and Jagjit Singh from Haryana, who duped a victim of Rs 50 lakh, by promising a Canada visa but instead sent him through Egypt, Dubai, Spain, Guatemala, and Nicaragua and a case registered at police station Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran, against agent Goldy, operating near IGI Airport, Delhi, deceived a victim into paying Rs 45 lakhs for a legal entry into the USA.
As mentioned above, two travel agents identified as Angrej Singh and Jagjit Singh have been arrested by the Sangrur police. This is in addition to the arrest made by police station NRI, Patiala, a few days ago.
