Panchkula, May 4 -- A couple was arrested for duping a carpenter of Rs.4.5 lakh after falsely promising of providing him a job in Canada, police said. The immigration fraud case was registered in Pinjore. As per Tajinder Pal Singh, the in-charge of the anti-immigration fraud unit of the Panchkula police, the accused, identified as Namrita Arya, alias Ritu, and her husband Ravi Sharma, were apprehended from Kaithal on Saturday. The couple has been remanded to three days of police custody. According to the complaint lodged on May 3, 2024, by 39-year-old Mohammad Amzad, a carpenter residing in AWS, Amarawati, Pinjore, he came in contact with the couple in June 2022 while working on a contract at their residence in DLF, Panchkula. The accused allegedly allured Amzad with the promise of sending him to Canada to work at a relative's farmhouse at a cost of Rs.4.5 lakh. Trusting the claims, Amzad transferred the amount to the couple's account in instalments between June 2022 and July 2023. The complainant further alleged that after receiving the money, the couple kept delaying his travel plans, claiming that his visa would arrive within 10 days. Eventually, they stopped responding to his calls, switched off their mobile phones, and disappeared from their residence. Based on the complaint, a case under Sections 120-B, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, besides Section 24 of the Immigration Act, was registered. According to Singh, similar complaints of immigration fraud are registered against the couple in Kaithal and Yamuna Nagar....