Chandigarh Man Booked For Concealing Criminal Record In Passport Application.

News Source:- A resident of Sector 8, Himansh Verma, is on the run in an immigration fraud and human trafficking case being probed by Jalandhar police; carrying a ₹1 lakh reward on his head.

According to Jalandhar police, Himansh Verma set up Navrattan Group of Companies as a front for his illegal business of sending people abroad. He would lure people by telling them they could reach USA through Mexico.

According to a complaint by the regional passport officer, Chandigarh, Himansh Verma, a resident of Sector 8, was booked for an immigration and human trafficking racket in Jalandhar in November 2021.

He was also an accused in a multi-crore bank scam and his house in Sector 8 had been attached by the Enforcement Directorate. His involvement in other frauds is also being investigated.

However, while applying for his passport, he did not disclose the details of the police cases against him. A case under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and Passport Act has been registered against him at the Sector 3 police station. 

In the immigration fraud being probed by the Jalandhar police commissionerate, Verma, the managing director of Navrattan Group of Companies, with offices in Mumbai, Chandigarh and other cities, is facing charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy, along with his accomplices, suspected to be high-profile singers and embassy officials of many countries.

According to Jalandhar police, Verma set up the Navrattan Group of Companies as a front for his illegal business of sending people abroad. He would lure people by telling them they could reach USA through Mexico. He also sent hundreds of people to Hungary with a promise to send them to USA through Mexico. Many of these people have reportedly been missing and are suspected to have been victims of human trafficking.

When Jalandhar police had brought Verma to his house in Sector 8 on October 15, 2021, he had escaped from custody after pushing a constable.