16-07-2025
Visa fraud: 16th FIR against sibling duo
Ludhiana: The city police Tuesday lodged the 16th FIR against fraudulent immigration consultant sibling duo Veenu Malhotra and her brother, Amit, who own Globalway Immigration near Ishmeet Singh Chowk.
They allegedly duped a man from Sangrur of Rs 14 lakh on the false promise of arranging a visa.
The FIR was lodged following a complaint from Chandeep Singh from Sangrur's Benra village. Chandeep said he wanted to settle abroad and so contacted the accused, and visited their office. The accused promised to secure him a visa and sought Rs 14 lakh for the same. In various instalments, the accused took Rs 14 lakh from him but kept delaying the visa.
Singh said he made several visits to their office to get his money back, but to no avail.
Thereafter, he lodged a police complaint.
Parminder Singh, who is probing the case, said the accused have been booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
It must be recalled that Veena and her brother were arrested by Model Town police last Sept 6 for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of sending them abroad.
The arrest followed a complaint from a policewoman deputed in the CM's security. She accused them of duping her brother and mother of Rs 14.30 lakh on the pretext of arranging UK visas for them. With their arrest, police recovered a total of Rs 1.07 crore in cash from their possession.
Earlier, on Aug 12 last year, Hardeep Singh of Sangrur's Dhuri and his wife, Amandeep Kaur, climbed atop a water tank, accusing the same firm of duping them of Rs 10 lakh. A day after the incident, the district administration cancelled the firm's licence.
