Punjab NRI commission orders probe into duping by UK company

CHANDIGARH: NRI commission of Punjab today asked Inspector General of NRI Affairs in the state to probe allegations against two Indian-origin residents of duping a woman in UK of Rs eight lakh by tampering with her visa.

A woman Harpreet Goraya had alleged that an UK-based company where she was working had fixed a fake visa on her passport and cheated her of Rs eight lakh, a statement by the NRI commission said.

In her complaint, the woman said she went to UK in September 2010 on a student visa for 18 months which was due to expire on January 31, 2012.

She was lured by her employers into extending the visa and allegedly tempted in getting her visa extended for two years if she paid Rs eight lakh.

"They took her passport and fixed a fake visa on it on January 24, 2012 and handed it over just at the time of her flight on January 30, 2012," she told the Commission in her complaint filed recently.

On reaching India, she received a call from her employers in UK urging her to pay the due to their relative Gurdev Singh Randhawa and his wife, both residents of Shashtri Nagar in Batala.

"On February 19, 2012 when she went to the airport for going to UK, she was shocked to know that the visa on her passport was fake," the commission stated.

The Commission has asked NRI Affairs in the state to submit a report before the court within September.