Chandigarh-An immigrant consultant, who duped 27 people to the tune of Rs 35 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad on a work visa, has been arrested by the Chandigarh Police, along with three of his employees and two bouncers…An immigrant consultant, who duped 27 people to the tune of Rs 35 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad on a work visa, has been arrested by the Chandigarh Police, along with three of his employees and two bouncers. Complainant Ganeshmal, a resident of Nagpur district in Rajasthan, had alleged that he came across an advertisement of Global Consultant, Sector 22, on Facebook. He rang the given phone number, and the suspects told him they sent people to Azerbaijan on work visas.The complainant, along with his son-in-law, visited the consultant’s office in Chandigarh where they met three women employees and two men, who worked as bodyguards. The suspects told the complainant that they charged Rs 1.35 lakh for sending a person to Azerbaijan and the money must be paid in two installments. The police said the complainant and 26 others from Rajasthan, who were somehow known to him, had applied for the work visa through the same consultant. The victims were sent visa and tickets through courier on their respective addresses. On reaching the Delhi airport, the victims found that the tickets provided to them were fake. The complainant called on the consultant’s phone numbers, which were found to be switched off.
The police registered a case following the complaint and during investigation, six persons, including the mastermind Sanjeev Kumar (43), a Sector 46 resident who was running the immigration company, was nabbed. Investigation revealed that Sanjeev had advised his staff to not reveal their real names to the clients. After committing cheating with several people, he had opened another consultancy office named Dream Land Immigration in Sector 34.