Chandigarh/IBNS, Feb. 25 -- In a massive crackdown, Punjab has cancelled the licenses of 40 travel agents amid a huge row over the deportation of Indians who migrated illegally to the US, media reports said.

Licenses of some IELTS centers have also been cancelled and such action will be taken in future as well, NDTV quoting sources reported.

The police are continuously registering cases against travel agents who send Indians illegally and raids are being conducted to catch them, sources told NDTV.

Sarabjit Singh said he had given a letter to the Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahni.

As per government sources cited by NDTV, the biggest chunk of the Indians being deported by the US belong to Punjab.

As many as 345 people have been deported...