Woman takes groom’s ₹40L to reach Canada, later snaps ties

Ludhiana: A Dehlon resident lost Rs 40 lakh after his wife and her parents used him to reach Canada and snapped all ties afterwards.
Charanpreet Singh, 25, of Village Jadtoli of Dehlon, lodged a complaint with the police and the police registered a case on Saturday after an inquiry.
The FIR has been lodged against his wife Lovepreet Kaur of Canada, her father Jagtar Singh and mother Sukhwinder Kaur of Panjeta village.
Charanpreet claimed he wanted to go abroad, but he could not get expected bands in IELTS. Meanwhile, he got a marriage proposal from Lovepreet through a middleman. Her family said she had got six bands in IELTS, but due to financial problem they were unable to bear the expense to send her aboard.
Charanpreet and his family agreed to bear the expenses of the marriage and send Lovepreet abroad with a deal that after reaching Canada, she would take Charanpreet abroad on a spouse visa.
The couple had got married on July 1, 2018. They spent Rs 40 lakh and sent Lovepreet to Canada on August 14, 2018. But after reaching Canada, Lovepreet made no effort to take him abroad. Later, she also stopped taking his calls. He filed a complaint on April 21, 2021 to the police.
ASI Subhash Chand, who is investigating the case, said a case under Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (Criminal conspiracy) of the IPC has been lodged against the accused at Dehlon police station.