Mohali, March 3 -- The Zirakpur police have registered a case against a Ludhiana-based travel agent for allegedly duping a local resident of Rs.22 lakh after promising to send his son to the United States.

The accused, identified as Daljit Singh, is the son of a former sarpanch of Koom Kalan village in Ludhiana. He resides in a rented flat in a Zirakpur society.

Angrej Singh, 48, a dairy farmer from Handesra, told police that his son Prateek Kumar, 23, was in the final semester of his ITI electrician course when Daljit offered to help him settle in the US in exchange for Rs.22 lakh.

"I paid Rs.22 lakh to Daljit, following which Prateek left for Delhi on May 18, 2023. But he was lodged in a rented accommodation for over four months, bef...