The Punjab Police carried out raids and search operations at 1,274 immigration corporations throughout the state following which 24 FIRs have been registered and 7 journey brokers arrested, officers Tuesday stated.
The large operation was carried out concurrently in all of the 28 police districts late on Monday, they stated. The event comes amid the continued crackdown in opposition to unlawful journey brokers throughout the state within the wake of the latest deportation of unlawful Indian immigrants by the US.
Of the 332 unlawful immigrants deported by US who landed in Amritsar in three army plane, 126 have been from Punjab, 10 from Haryana and two every from Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh. Subsequently 4 different Punjabis landed after being deported by way of Panama. A lot of the deportees have alleged that they have been duped by the journey brokers. They claimed regardless of taking enormous sums of cash from them and promising authorized entry, they have been taken to the US by the “dunki route”– unlawful and dangerous pathway of transferring by way of a number of international locations to enter America.
Particular DGP (Legislation and Order), Arpit Shukla, who monitored the operation, stated that police groups stated that each one the police commissioners and senior superintendents of police have been requested to represent particular groups below the supervision of gazetted officers to hold out searches in any respect the immigration and journey agent corporations of their respective jurisdictions.
“They have been directed to make sure strict motion in opposition to these journey brokers, who have been discovered violating the obligatory provisions and procedures of the Punjab Journey Professionals’ Regulation Act, 2012 or defrauded harmless folks with false guarantees of facilitating entry into overseas international locations,” stated Shukla.
As per the provisions of The Punjab Journey Professionals’ Regulation Act 2012, all of the journey brokers are mandated to acquire a licence from the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace, which is legitimate for 5 years and renewable for subsequent five-year intervals. Licensed brokers are additionally required to show their licence prominently, keep data of shoppers and providers, and inform authorities previous to promoting or holding seminars. Moreover, brokers are prohibited from participating in actions past their licensed providers. Non-compliance may end up in suspension or cancellation of the license and authorized motion.
Shukla stated that Punjab Police chief Guarav Yadav had just lately constituted a four-member Particular Investigation Group (SIT) headed by Extra DGP, NRI Affairs, Praveen Sinha to research complaints from deportees if any and take vital motion as per legislation. He exhorted residents to be cautious and confirm journey brokers’ credentials earlier than entrusting them with paperwork and cash. “Solely interact companies with a legitimate licence issued by the Deputy Commissioner below the Punjab Journey Professionals’ Regulation Act, 2012,” he suggested.
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