Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to check illegal immigrants has received 309 complaints in cases pertaining to people deported from abroad.
Of these 138 persons were arrested and an amount of Rs 56 lakh has been recovered from them by the police, Vij said.
SIT chief and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Karnal, Bharti Arora said that almost all the illegal offices of immigration firms have been closed in the state.
The investigation of the cases related to immigration fraud is being done by our team. During the investigation, some cases pertaining to money transactions have also come to light. The concerned district police have been asked to conduct investigation in such cases and a report regarding this will be submitted soon, she said.
Arora also said that 109 cases were registered in the year 2018-2019 and a total of 74 cases have been registered in the year 2020, in which money transactions were found. Such cases are being investigated thoroughly.
Appealing to the youth and parents, she said that whenever the parents send their children abroad, they should send them only through legitimate agents.