Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 13-
Continuing its crackdown against illegal travel agents to protect the youth aspiring to settle abroad, Punjab Police’s NRI Affairs Wing and Cyber Crime Wing in coordination with the Protectorate of Emigrants, Chandigarh, have booked 18 more travel agencies in the State for illegally advertising employment opportunities on social media.
The development came close on the heels of registration of at least 20 first information reports (FIRs) against 25 such illegal travel agencies in the month of August 2024. Now, the tally of booked illegal travel agencies has reached to 43. Pertinently, Protectorate of Emmigrants had red-flagged the advertising on Instagram and Facebook for jobs in foreign countries by such unscrupulous travel agencies.
Names of illegal travel agencies booked subsequently are One Point Services, Kharar, SAS Nagar. Sai Angel Group, Sector-78, SAS Nagar, Bharat Immigration, Amloh, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mastermind Immigration, Study Visa Consultant, Anandpur Sahib, Rupnagar, AVP Immigration, Bathinda, Sky Bridge Immigration, Bathinda, Getway Immigration, Patiala, Master Immigration, Rajpura, Patiala, Humble Immigration, Amritsar, Ludhiana. EVAA Immigration, Ludhiana, Kaur Immigration Centre, Moga. Shiv Consultancy immigration, Amritsar, Ahuja immigration, Taran Taran, JMC Amritsar, Rudraksh Immigration Mohali, Unique Enterprises, Mohali and Saini Associates Rupnagar.