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Chandigarh immigration firm owner booked in 3 more cheating cases
Police have registered three more cases against the owner of an immigration firm in Sector 22, Chandigarh, for cheating people out of ₹23.12 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad
Police have registered three more cases against the owner of an immigration firm in Sector 22 for cheating people out of ₹23.12 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad.
The accused, Kuldeep Gill of Kharar, the owner of Quicknoxx Solution Private Limited, had been arrested on Thursday for cheating one Kumar Darpan of Pathankot of ₹2.94 lakh, after police raided his office.
Police said on Friday that Rahul Rana of Hoshiarpur stated in his complaint that he was duped of ₹1.46 lakh by Gill on the promise of a work visa to Canada. Rana had gotten in touch with Gill in February last year.
Another woman from Sonepat alleged that she was duped of ₹18.38 lakh by Gill, who had promised to send her and her friends to Canada. One Surinder Singh of Kaithal also alleged that Gill took ₹3.28 lakh from him to send him and his wife to Canada, but he didn’t so.
Cheating cases have been registered against Gill, who is currently on five-day police remand. Officials privy to the matter said that atleast 25 complainants from places as far as Bihar have come forward alleging that Gill had cheated them and more cases are likely to be registered against him. Gill’s employees, who were helping him run a whole network to dupe people, are on the run and police said that their arrests can be expected soon.
Pharma firm owner duped of ₹27 lakh
The proprietor of Surgi Mart in Sector 17-B, Chander Shekhar Jolly, has lodged a complaint against Nitin Budania of Emerging Healthcare firm in Jaipur for allegedly cheating him of ₹29 lakh. Jolly said that Budania had placed an order for 100 oxygen concentrators worth ₹56 lakh from his firm in 2021, which he delivered between May 30 and June 3. However, Budania only paid ₹29 lakhs and refused to pay the remaining amount, he added. Police have registered a case under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Sector 17 police station. Police said arrests will be made after they investigate the matter.
