25 students duped of Rs 1.87 cr on pretext of issuing sponsorship certificate

Ludhiana, July 28

Some fraudsters from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chennai hatched a conspiracy to cheat the owner of the immigration company and 25 students from Ludhiana. The suspects prepared fake certificates of sponsorship and handed over the same to the children. After investigation, it was revealed that all certificates given by the suspects were fake.

During investigation, the Sarabha Nagar police, on the complaint of Madhvi Malhotra, a resident of Central Town, Pakhowal Road, registered a case against the suspects, identified as Babu Jenivar, Manika Priya Sabiah, a resident of Chennai, Manoj Victashan, a resident of Tamil Nadu, Dayala, a resident of Andhra Pradesh, Sarfraz and Sudhir.

Madhvi Malhotra said they had been doing immigration work in Ludhiana for the past eight years. They had to send some children to the UK for further studies. The 25 students gave Rs 1.87 crore to the suspects but they sent fake certificates of sponsorship to the pupils.

Malhotra said since she owns the responsibility of the children’s money, they had returned the same to the children by pledging her gold and property.

Notably, in this regard, the children, along with Madhvi Malhotra, had also reached the office of the Commissioner of Police where they filed a complaint against them with the police officers concerned.

The Ludhiana police after investigation have registered a case against the six suspects on the charges of criminal conspiracy, fraud and tampering with documents.

Investigating officer ASI Rajinder Singh said a police team was formed to conduct raids at the whereabouts of the suspects.