Chandigarh Cracks Down on Immigration Fraud: 9 FIRs Expose Multi-Lakh Visa Scam Network, Victims Duped of Over ₹1.34 Crore

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Chandigarh Police have intensified their crackdown on alleged immigration fraud, registering nine separate FIRs across different police stations against immigration consultants and individuals accused of cheating job seekers and aspiring overseas travellers of more than ₹1.34 crore on the pretext of arranging work visas and foreign placements.

According to police, the cases have been registered under Section 318(4) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 24 of the Immigration Act in applicable cases. Investigations in all the FIRs are currently underway.

The major cases include:

Police Station Sector 17: FIR No. 102 was registered against Anubhav Garg of Asian Manpower Employment Service, SCO No. 60-61, Sector 17, on the complaint of a woman from Amritsar and others. The accused allegedly cheated the complainants of ₹3.80 lakh on the pretext of arranging a work visa abroad.
Police Station Sector 3: FIR No. 85 was registered against Baljinder Singh and David Arora of Sun Coast Immigration Consultants, Sector 9, following a complaint by a woman from Nangloi, Delhi. The complainant alleged she was cheated of ₹9.45 lakh in an immigration fraud.
In another case at Police Station Sector 3, FIR No. 86 was registered against the same accused after Jaskaran Singh Gill of Baldev Bagh, Chhattisgarh, and others alleged they were cheated of ₹15.92 lakh on the promise of overseas immigration.
Police Station Sector 34: FIR No. 106 was registered against Jagdish and Vishal Batra of True Advisor Visa Consultancy, SCO No. 104, Sector 34, after a complaint by Antu Manavalan Paulo from Ernakulam, Kerala, alleging a fraud of ₹7.40 lakh. The accused allegedly failed to provide the promised visa or refund the money.
Another case, FIR No. 107, was registered at Police Station Sector 34 on the complaint of Tabrez Alam of Raipur, Chandigarh, and others against a woman operating from SCO No. 146-147, Sector 34. The complainants alleged they were cheated of ₹5.05 lakh on the promise of being sent abroad.
FIR No. 108 at Police Station Sector 34 pertains to a property fraud. Anil of Sector 46, Chandigarh, alleged that Bahadur Singh, also of Sector 46, cheated him of ₹75 lakh by entering into agreements to sell the same property to multiple persons.
Police Station Sector 36: FIR No. 125 was registered against Rajdeep Singh and others of SCO No. 483-484, Sector 35, on the complaint of Kamal Kant of Sector 45, alleging a fraud of ₹6.55 lakh related to overseas placement.
In another case, FIR No. 126, a woman from Manimajra accused the same persons of cheating her of ₹7.11 lakh on the promise of arranging a foreign visa.
FIR No. 128 was also registered against Rajdeep Singh and others after a woman from Sector 12, Panchkula, alleged she was cheated of ₹3.59 lakh under a similar immigration scheme.

Police said all the accused allegedly collected money by promising work visas or overseas employment but either failed to provide the promised services or did not return the money. In the property-related case, the accused allegedly sold the same property to multiple buyers.

With total alleged fraud exceeding ₹1.34 crore, Chandigarh Police have launched investigations into all nine cases to ascertain the full extent of the alleged scams and identify any additional victims or associates involved.