Immigration firm owner held in Rs 7L fraud case

The police have arrested owner of an immigration firm for defrauding an applicant of Rs 7 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad.

Purani Abadi police station in-charge Ajay Kumar said Navneet Soni of Kunj Vihar Colony, Sriganganagar, had been arrested. He said the case had also been registered against Raghuveer Soni and an unknown person.

On June 26, Vishwas Kumar of Kohla filed a complaint against Navneet Soni, Raghuveer Soni and another person for defrauding him of Rs 7 lakh. Vishwas said the accused took Rs 9 lakh from but couldn’t send him abroad. Later, they refunded Rs 2 lakh. As the complainant went to the accused’s office for demanding money, he was threatened of dire consequences.