Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Tota Singh today expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of young boys from the state, who lost their lives in a boat tragedy near Panama while travelling to the US.
While asserting that all fake travel agents who were behind the incident would be brought to book, the minister appealed to the people of Punjab not to send their wards abroad through such fake agents.
Meanwhile, he said that the Punjab Government has achieved a breakthrough by disposing off nearly 76.09 per cent cases pertaining to NRIs in a limited time frame.
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He further said that the NRI Commission had received a total of 1,163 applications during in December 2015, of which 885 already been disposed while the remaining would be solved soon.
The NRI and women's wing of Punjab Police has disposed off 95 per cent cases, he noted.
The NRI wing has received 10,490 complaints of property, marriage and other disputes. As many as 736 cases were registered and 1,010 were resolved by mutual understanding till date, he added.
