Ludhiana, Feb. 9 -- Ward number 12 councillor Amandeep Singh, who left the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to join the Congress 10 days ago, has been booked for duping a Phullanwal village resident of Rs.14 lakh on the pretext of securing a Canadian visa for his son. The Dakha police registered the FIR on Friday. Though the matter is over a decade old, the fresh complaint was filed against him on January 30, a day after he switched over to the Congress.

Amandeep Singh joined the Congress on January 29 in the presence of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Mullapur in-charge Captain Sandeep Sandhu and party's district president Sanjay Talwar in Ludhiana.

The FIR has been registered on the compl...