7 Punjab bachelors duped on pretext of marriage

DESIRE TO SETTLE ABROAD TURNS INTO NIGHTMARE

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

A mother-daughter duo from Punjab’s Ludhiana district found a novel way to dupe prospective bachelor emigrants to Canada by exploiting their eagerness to settle abroad.

For seven aspiring bachelor ‘emigrants’, it was a double delight of getting married and settling in Canada. But it did not turn out to be so. They neither got the bride nor the emigration to Canada but instead ended up losing lakhs of rupees, police investigation has revealed.

Sukhdarshan Kaur, who was arrested recently along with two others, would allegedly use the photographs and videos of her 24-year-old daughter Harpreet as a prospective bride for those wanting to get married and settle abroad. Harpreet went to Canada on student visa and was currently there on work permit.

According to Doraha SHO Inspector Akash Dutt, seven victims have been identified and have come forward with their statements to the police so far.

The modus operandi allegedly adopted by Sukhdarshan and other accused in the case was the same, he said.