Ludhiana, Feb. 9 -- A Mullanpur-based woman and her aides allegedly abducted and assaulted a travel agent after her nephew, whom the agent had sent to Russia on a visa, was "deported" from the airport. The accused allegedly lured the agent on the pretext of discussing another visa but instead abducted him, took him to Mullanpur and thrashed him, demanding a refund of Rs.3 lakh which he had charged from her nephew.

The accused have been identified as Jasveer Kaur, her aides Raju, Bunty (all residents of Mullanpur), along with Gurbaz Singh, Kamaljit Kaur and Meva Singh. According to the police, victim Lovinder Singh, a travel agent from New Azad Nagar, Bapu Market, Lohara, had arranged a Russian visa for Amritpal Singh, the nephew of Jasve...