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Surat agent swindled of 32L by visa firm owner
Surat: A Surat-based immigration consultant was allegedly duped of Rs 32 lakh by an Ahmedabad visa firm owner, who promised to arrange work permits and visas for Canada and New Zealand, but instead provided forged documents.
The accused, Sangramsingh Kushwah, has been arrested by Pal police, and further investigation is underway.
The complainant, Prachi Sinde (37), owns Om Holidays, an immigration consultancy firm in the Pal area of Surat. According to police, Sinde was introduced to Kushwah in July 2024 through a family acquaintance, Shailesh Soni, a visa agent who later moved to the United States. Kushwah claimed he would take over Soni's clients and visa-related operations.
In August 2024, Kushwah visited Sinde's office and introduced himself as the owner of two firms — Success Immigration and Ideal Immigration and Education Services. By Oct, Sinde entered into a formal agreement with him to pay Rs 9 lakh per client for processing work permits and visas for Canada and New Zealand. The terms were laid out in a signed contract.
Based on the agreement, Sinde began forwarding client documents to Kushwah and transferred Rs 32 lakh for visa processing.
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Kushwah, in return, sent visa copies and job offer letters.
However, Sinde later verified the documents with the embassies of Canada and New Zealand and discovered they were forgeries. When she confronted Kushwah, he assured her that he would refund the money within 45 days, but failed to do so.
Realizing she had been defrauded, Sinde lodged a cheating complaint with Pal police who arrested Kushwah.
