Three cheated of Rs 43L in UK visa fraud

Surat: Three people were cheated of Rs 43.33 lakh by a Mumbai-based father-son duo who promised to arrange UK visas for them. The accused, Mohammad Tarik Gaur and his son Mohammad Akif Gaur, own a visa office in Jogeshwari area of Mumbai. A year ago, they came to Chikhli and met Javed Pathan, who runs a coaching class in Chikhli town. The accused assured Pathan of UK work, study, and visitor visas.Lured by the promise, Pathan and his friends Aiyaz Kazi and Shahrukh Shaikh gave the father-son duo a total of Rs 54.43 lakh for UK visas. The accused kept promising but could not the visas. When the victims objected, accused Akif threatened to kill them if they demanded the visas.When the victims asked for the return of their money, the accused returned only Rs 11.1 lakh. Chikhli police on Sunday booked both the accused for criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal intimidation, and conspiracy, and started an investigation.