Ludhiana, March 1 -- Eleven days after a 39-year-old woman Sukhpreet Kaur, who was among the third batch of 112 illegal immigrants deported by the United States, the Malaud police in Khanna booked a Beas-based immigration agent along with his wife and mother, officials said on Friday. The woman belongs to Raikot and is currently living in Malaud of Khanna.

Malaud police station house officer inspector Satnam Singh said that an FIR under Section 318 (4) of BNS, Section 24 of the Immigration Act and Section 13 of the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act has been lodged against the accused.

A manhunt is on to arrest the accused, the SHO added.

The woman, in her complaint to the police, claimed that the accused had promised her legal e...