Visa fraud: FIR against 3 for duping farmer of Rs 20L

Pilibhit: A case has been registered against three persons, including a woman, for duping a farmer of Rs 21.28 lakh on the pretext of sending his nephew, Vansh Deep Singh, to the US on a "work visa."An FIR was lodged on Monday following orders from ASP Vikram Dahiya. SHO Brajveer Singh said that the trio was booked under BNS section 318 (4) (cheating and dishonesty), 316 (2) (criminal breach of trust), and 351 (3) (criminal intimidation). In his police complaint, farmer Jaswinder Singh, of Gajraula Khurd village in Pilibhit district, said the three accused, who belonged to Amritsar and were linked with an immigration firm 'Grand Overseas', settled the work visa deal for Rs 40 lakh, of which half the payment was made before the approval of the visa. The victim alleged that the accused neither managed the visa nor refunded his money.The complainant stated that following the terms of the deal, he transferred a sum of Rs 6.1 lakh to the bank account of one Kulvinder Singh, Rs 4.38 lakh to the bank account of Sravjeet Kaur, and Rs 80,000 to the account of Nitish Devgan. In addition, the trio took a cash payment of 10 lakh in the last week of Dec 2024.When he failed to receive any response from the three accused, he called them on phone but was abused and threatened.