Crackdown on travel agents in Punjab, Hry

Case filed against Amritsar travel agent; four booked in Karnal

- Surjit Singh

The police in Punjab and Haryana have registered cases against some travel agents on charges of duping illegal Indian immigrants who were deported by the US two days ago.

Many of those deported have alleged that they were duped by travel agents who took them to the US through ‘dunki’ routes -- illegal and risky pathways used by migrants to enter the country.

The Punjab Police have booked a travel agent from Amritsar district, who reportedly sent one of the US deportees illegally, who was among the 104 illegal migrants from India deported by the US authorities on Wednesday.

The travel agent, who was booked under sections 318(4) of the BNS and Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014, was identified as Satnam Singh Manan, a resident of Kotli Khehra village falling under Bhindi Saidan Police Station of Amritsar rural.

The complainant, Daler Singh, a resident of Salempura village near Rajasansi in Amritsar district, was among the 104 illegal Indian immigrants who were deported by the US.