: Police have registered two cases against a Haryana-based travel agent for allegedly defrauding two city residents of ₹28.2 lakh on the pretext of depositing their college fees in Canada.
The accused identified as Amit Kumar Ahuja of Shanti Nagar in Karnal. He had not deposited the college fees of the students admitted to different colleges in Canada and had issued fake fee receipts.
In the first case, Gurinder Singh, a resident of sector 32, complained that his son is currently studying at a college in Canada. He was supposed to deposit his college fees in November 2021. The accused took ₹6.1 lakh from him and gave him fake fee receipts.
In the second case, Nitin Garg, a resident of an urban estate, said that the accused took ₹22.1 lakh from him to deposit his college fees in December 2021 but did not deposit the same.
Sub-inspector Rakesh Kumar said that a case under sections 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused at the Focal Point police station. on Tuesday.