Two who orchestrated immigration fraud racket arrested; earlier aided conspirators in Moosewala murder case too

Police said that the accused are believed to have orchestrated a vast immigration fraud racket, duping scores of unsuspecting individuals by promising to send them abroad through forged travel documents.

Police investigations revealed that both were involved in creating fake passports, visas, Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, and educational certificates. Notably, Arjit had previously been arrested by the Delhi Special Cell for preparing fake passports for Anmol Bishnoi and Sachin Thapan — both alleged conspirators in the Moosewala murder case — and currently out on bail in that matter.

According to the police, the fraudsters operated under the guise of legitimate travel agents and lured clients with attractive foreign visa packages. They charged exorbitant fees and provided counterfeit visas and dummy tickets to the victims. Once the fraud was discovered, the accused disappeared and began threatening victims who sought refunds.

The present case came to light following a complaint lodged by Manjeet Singh, a resident of Kaithal, Haryana. In May 2024, an FIR was registered at Sector 34 police station in Chandigarh.

According to the complaint, Manjeet was contacted in August 2022 by Harmeet Singh, who ran a firm named Guru Tour and Travel in Sector 34-A. Harmeet promised Greece visas for Rs 10 lakh per person. Manjeet and his relatives ended up paying over Rs 1 crore through various transactions to Harmeet, Arjit, and their associates. On September 19, 2022, the group was stopped at the airport when immigration authorities flagged their visas as fake. The accused had by then abandoned their office and became untraceable, later issuing threats to prevent any legal action.

The police revealed that Harmeet Singh from Kapurthala has studied till class 8 and previously been booked in multiple cases involving fraud and immigration scams, including violations under the Punjab Travel Professionals Act. His accomplice, Arjit, is a graduate from Delhi and has a lengthy criminal history, with at least eight FIRs against him across Delhi and Haryana under various serious sections of IPC, the Emigration Act, the Passport Act, and the Arms Act.

The Chandigarh Police stated that the investigation is still underway, and further arrests are likely as more details emerge.

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