Immigration fraud: Cops register 19 more cases in Ambala, Kurukshetra

AMBALA/KURUKSHETRA: After the arrival of second lot of deportees from the United States, including 66 natives of Haryana, on June 2 at Amritsar, the Haryana Police has registered 19 more cases of immigration fraud in Ambala and Kurukshetra districts over the last three days.
The accused immigration agents allegedly charged Rs 6 to Rs 24 lakh in each case on the pretext of helping people settle abroad.
According to information, a total of 66 deportees hailing from different districts of Haryana reached Amritsar from the US on June 2, and currently, they are in quarantine at a facility in Kurukshetra district.
Kurukshetra public relations officer Narinder Singh said, "All the 66 deportees isolated at an institute in the district have tested negative for Covid-19 in their first tests."
The FIRs were registered based on the complaints of deportees under Section 24 (offences and penalties) of the Emigration Act, and sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the IPC at different police stations in the two districts.
In the last week of May, a total of 27 FIRs were registered in these districts and many more elsewhere in Haryana after the arrival of first flight of US deportees from the state on May 19.
Haryana director general of police (crime) P K Agrawal said, “These cases are being investigated by the special investigation team (SIT), which is working under the supervision of Karnal Range IGP Bharti Arora.”
Ambala SP Abhishek Jorwal said, “A total of 11 new FIRs were registered in Ambala district on Thursday and Friday over immigration frauds. They were deported from the US and reached India at Amritsar on June 2.”
In Kurukshetra, police PRO Roshan Lal said that eight FIRs have been registered in the district, including five on Thursday and three on Saturday and investigation has been initiated.