India, Feb. 21 -- Kapurthala

The Kapurthala police have registered a case against two travel agents following a complaint filed by one of the deportees from the United States, officials said.

The accused have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh of Lakhan Ke Padde village and Lakhi Singh of Kishan Singhwala in Kapurthala district.

A case has been registered against both under Sections 143 (human trafficking), 318(4) (cheating), 62(2) (attempting to commit an offence) of the BNS, and Section 24 of the Emigration Act at the Dhilwan police station, officials familiar with the matter said.

With this, a total of 16 cases have been registered against travel agents in Punjab, and three arrests have been made, according to officials familiar w...