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Times News Network Ludhiana: A fraud travel agent who duped a person of Rs 16.30 lakh on the pretext of sending him to Canada on a work visa has been booked by the police. The victim is a resident of Tagore Nagar.
The agent has been identified as Chirag Kapoor , who has multiple FIRs of immigration fraud registered against him. He is at present out on bail. Neeraj Goyal, the victim, in his complaint filed on December 5, 2023, alleged that the accused promised a visa and a work permit for Canada.
He alleged that the accused neither arranged a visa nor returned his money. Investigating officer from Haibowal police station, ASI Sudarshan Singh said an inquiry was conducted, following which the police lodged an FIR under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional Regularization Act. Kapoor, who is the owner of CS Consultant in Civil Lines, has earlier been booked by the city police in at least 10 cases of immigration fraud.
The CIA-II of Ludhiana police commissionerate arrested him on August 31. The police recovered 20 passports, an SUV and some documents from his possession. Kapoor has duped several police officials also on the pretext of arranging visas for them.
Chirag earlier had a ticketing licence only, but thanks to his links with agents he used to send people abroad. However, when the Covid lockdown was imposed and the processing of all visa-related files was stopped, Chirag could do little and he had already taken money from the people, who started asking for their money. Some got cases registered against him, while he returned money to others.
We also published the following articles recently Goa police get training on visa regulations Goa police, in partnership with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) Mumbai, conducted a two-day training programme focused on immigration laws and visa regulations. This initiative aims to enhance the handling of illegal stay and visa violation cases while improving coordination between local police and national immigration authorities. Jamnagar spice trader duped of Rs 17L by travel agent Rajkot-based spice trader Mukesh Shah has accused Anand Soni, owner of Dream Holiday in Ahmedabad, of defrauding him of Rs 17.
48 lakh. The amount was collected for a cancelled tour during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite repeated requests for a refund or ticket details, Soni did not respond.
Police are investigating the complaint. Frauds threaten industrialist, dupe him of 81L Kolhapur industrialist Uday Dudhane lost Rs 81 lakh to scammers posing as central agency officials. They accused him of connections with terrorism-related funds and threatened his life, forcing him to stay in a hotel room for six days.
After realizing the deception, he reported the incident to the police. This marks the third similar case in Kolhapur recently..
