Five booked in separate fraud cases

In separate incidents, five persons, including a couple, were booked for allegedly duping a youth and woman to the tune of Rs 8.50 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad, police said.
Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Cheema village, complained to police that Rajinder Kumar, his son Ajay Kumar and his aide Makhan Singh have taken Rs 5.35 lakh from him on the promise of settling him in Australia, SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu said.
However, later, nothing was done in the matter by the accused.
A case has been registered in this regard while efforts are on to nab the absconding accused.

Meanwhile, in another similar incident, a woman was cheated of Rs 3.73 lakh by a couple on the false promise of sending him to Canada.
Jasvir Kaur, the victim, had provided the couple, identified as Mandip Kaur and Jaspal Singh, the money to generate documents for her travel to Canada.
Later, failed to get any response from them, the woman lodged a complaint with police against them.
A case has been registered against them while the further probes are on, police added.