Police Arrested The Fake Travel Agent For Cheating A Nurse On The Name Of Work Visa
Work Visa Frauds, In continuation of the investigation of an overseas recruiting agency accused of cheating people on the name of work visa, the police have arrested one more crime partner said to be involved in the case. After a complaint from a nurse, the Mangaluru Police arrested Jeri Ithiel Sikha on August 14. Sikha collected of ₹2 lakh from the nurse, who was promised for a work visa in Lithuania. Later on Realising that Sikha is not an authorised agent, the nurse requested to return her money, but Sikha refused to return it. Finally the nurse had to file the complaint and Sikha was arrested.
The action against illegal overseas recruitment agencies came after a letter from the “POE“ Protector of Emigrants of Ministry of External Affairs to Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar. Along with the letter POE also sent a list of authorised recruitment agencies operating in the State. Immigration Frauds
The Investigation officer involved in the investigation said that this letter coincided with complaints against agencies sending people to Saudi Arabia and other West Asian countries despite no recruitment being done there. The illegal agencies have been using middlemen to contact the applicants. The middlemen collected about ₹3 lakh from each applicant as their consultancy and processing charges. After keeping their commission, the middlemen send the balance amount to the agent. The further investigation is going on.