Alleging fraud, woman thrashes travel agent
A woman thrashed a travel agent outside the police commissioner’s office, alleging that he had duped her of Rs 1 lakh on Thursday.
A woman thrashed a travel agent outside the police commissioner’s office, alleging that he had duped her of Rs 1 lakh on Thursday.
The woman alleged that the man had promised to send her son abroad but didn’t keep his promise. However, the travel agent denied the allegation, claiming that the woman’s son had borrowed Rs 60,000 from him that hasn’t been returned so far.
The woman, Jaswinder Kaur of Nishant Bagh, Bhamiya, stated that the travel agent, Jagjit Singh of Jhabewal village, had made her son sign a blank stamp paper claiming it was the contract of the company where her son would get a job abroad “but he wrote on it that Jagdeep Singh had borrowed Rs 60,000 from him for personal use.”Meanwhile, he allegedly took Rs 1 lakh from her.
According to her, the accused has filed several complaints against them at various police stations and “he has also duped four more people.”
Jaswinder Kaur alleged that she had come to mini secretariat on Thursday for some work where the accused had turned up to file another complaint against them at the police commissioner’s office.
The woman alleged that the accused taunted her and also used abusive language following which she thrashed him. The police have asked the woman to file a complaint.