PHAGWARA: The Mehatpur police have arrested a woman on charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy. Station House Officer (SHO) Balbir Singh said that the accused has been identified as Shinder Kaur, wife of Makhan Singh, a resident of Dhamre Dian Chhana village.
Gurdev Kaur, wife of Amrik Singh, a resident of Mundi Cholian village under Lohian Khas police station, had complained to the senior superintendent of police(SSP), Jalandhar (rural) said the accused and her family had agreed to marry their daughter, Jasveer Kaur, to her son, Baldev Singh, living illegally in the USA, and the Chunni ceremony of Jasveer Kaur was held.
The complainant had said it was mutually agreed that Jasveer would go to Canada, from where she would travel by car to the US to join Baldev Singh.
She had stated that she spent Rs 12.5 lakhs to facilitate Jasveer's migration to Canada. However, after arriving in Canada, Jasveer Kaur did not join her son, allegedly due to a conspiracy by her family, and thus, she was cheated by her family.
SHO said a case under sections 406(breach of trust), 420(cheating and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC was registered against the accused and her other family members.