Chandigarh: Immigration firm booked for ₹8-lakh fraud

As per police, Sunil Kumar of village Sengla in Ambala alleged that they were promised that the firm would send someone known to the victim abroad and had taken the money as an advance

The UT police have booked several staffers of a Sector 17-based immigration firm for cheating an Ambala resident of ₹8.87 lakh.

A case under Immigration Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at the Sector 17 police station. (HT File)

As per police, Sunil Kumar of Sengla village in Ambala alleged that Iqbal Singh Sandhu, a resident of Chomon, village, Jalandhar, and others of Visa Capital immigration firm, assured to send his acquaintance abroad.

For the service, he paid ₹8.87 lakh. However, the firm neither arranged the visa nor returned the money, following which he filed a police complaint. A case under the Immigration Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered.