Couple booked for duping man in Punjab

A couple has been booked for allegedly duping a man of Rs 8.55 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad, police said.

They said that a case under Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code was registered yesterday against the couple -- Kawaljit Singh and his wife Sarabjit Kaur -- of nearby village Khati.

The case was registered against the duo on a complaint of Baldev Singh of the same village, police said.

The complainant told police that the couple claimed themselves to be travel agents and promised him to send to the UK, they said.

He further told that they demanded from him Rs 12 lakh, but the deal was settled for Rs 8.55 lakh, police said.

Out of it, the complainant first gave Rs 2 lakh and his passport to the duo, they said.

A total of over Rs 8 lakh were given to them in instalments, they said.

But the complainant was neither sent to the UK nor his money was returned by the couple, they said.