India, Feb. 19 -- Moga police have booked Bhartiya Kisan Union (Totewal) state president Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukh Gill and three others on the charge of allegedly cheating a US deportee to the tune of Rs 45 lakh on the promise of legal entry into America. The accused are Gill's mother Pritam Kaur, relative Talwinder Singh, and Gurpreet Singh. The complaint has been filed at Dharamkot police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Emigration Act.

Jaswinder Singh, a Pandori Arian village in Moga Class 10 pass-out, was one of the second group of deportees to arrive at Amritsar airport on February 15. In his complaint, he claimed Gill, who operates a travel agency named Fateh Immigration at Dharamkot, assure...