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EOW arrests man for duping youths of lakhs by promising to send him to Australia

Kaithal, Dec 15 (UNI) On the instructions of SP Upasana, the District Police are cracking down on touts who are cheating the common people on the pretext of sending them abroad.
Police spokesperson said that while investigating a case of cheating of lakhs in the name of sending a youth to Australia. Accused Manish Singh, resident of Naigaon district Palghar Maharashtra, was arrested from Naigaon Mumbai by the team of SI Kulbir Singh under the leadership of Economic Cell in-charge Inspector Omprakash.
The spokesperson said that according to the complaint of Mahindra Pal, a resident of village Khedi, Ghulam Ali, he wanted to send his son Naveen abroad. For this, he talked to Ranjit Kaur, resident of village Bakala Punjab, who has set up an office in Patiala in the name of Ranjit Immigration.
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