Hoshiarpur (Pb): A 35-year-old man, who was
aspiring to go abroad, was allegedly killed by his travel
agents in Bengaluru, police said today.
Surinder Pal, a resident Kalyanpur village here, wanted
to go to Canada and had got in touch with the agents,
Superintendent of Police (SP), Investigation, Harpreet Singh
said.
Harminder Singh alias Shelly, G D Patel, Sanjeev and
Naresh, who claimed to be agents, had promised to send him to
Canada, the SP said.
They instead took him to Bengaluru and allegedly killed
him there about two months ago, Harpreet said.
The accused have been booked under relevant sections of
the Indian Penal Code, follwoing a complaint by Pal's relative
Gobind Singh.
Gobind suspected that Pal was in the illegal custody of
the travel agents in Bengaluru and lodged the complaint, the
officer said.
Harpreet said that when a police party went to get him
freed from the alleged captivity in Bengaluru, they were told
that his body was recovered from the bushes of a village there
on December 6.
In Benagaluru, officials concerned cremated the body
tagging it unidentified and unclaimed, he said.
Pal is survived by his wife, three-year-old daughter and
two-month-old son. He was also looking after his widow sister
and her two children, family members said.
PTI
