Healthyway Immigration fraud - Consultant scanned bank papers, changed phone nos

The investigations into the Healthyway immigration fraud have revealed that fake documents were allegedly prepared by the aides of the consultant on their own.
Deputy superintendent of police (CID) Anil Joshi said, “On tallying the specimens taken from various banks with the loan documents processed by the immigration consultant, we found that the two did not match.“
The bank authorities asserted that even though the name of their branch was mentioned on the documents, these were not signed by any of their officials. After getting the verification of the documents from banks, the Chandigarh Police on Thursday raided different offices of Healthyway.
Joshi said the genuine loan papers were scanned and later used as forged documents. In an attempt to make the exercise foolproof, the consultant would replace the telephone numbers of the bank with that of its own people. In case an embassy or applicant called on these numbers the consultant's men would answer the call.
The fact came to light after the special investigating teams visited banks in Punjab and Haryana. It was revealed that 197 documents out of 261 were fake. Forty-seven loan documents of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Gharunda; two in State Bank of Patiala, Chandimandir; five in Oriental Bank of Commerce, Kharar; 112 in Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rajpura; were found to be fake.
Only one document -in Syndicate Bank, Sector 30 -was found to be genuine.
Applicants who made it to foreign shores through Healthyway may face legal proceedings to the extent of deportation, for the police have decided to write to the foreign embassies through the administration to verify whether the documents used for immigration were genuine or not.

Healthyway Immigration Racket + Scam + Fraud

UT police identify immigration consultants sending almost half of applicants abroad on forged papers
The Chandigarh police on Wednesday claimed to have identified several immigration consultants who were sending applicants abroad on the basis of forged documents. Addressing the media, UT SSP Naunihal Singh said one out of every two applicants was sent abroad by these firms through fake documents.
He, however, did not divulge names of the firms, saying that it would be done after obtaining adequate evidence.
He stated that there were about 600 immigration consultants in the city and around 100 in SAS Nagar.
Regarding the Healthyway Immigration racket, the SSP said the prime accused would make students apply for courses which were not even offered by foreign colleges. In some cases, the accused made candidates apply for courses they were not eligible for, thus delaying the process of sending them abroad even after taking money.
Meanwhile, the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Chandigarh police for looking into the Healthyway case will now deal with all cases of immigration fraud. The team is headed by DSP (CID) Anil Joshi.
FAKE DOCUMENTS During a verification of documents of bank branches in Punjab and Haryana, teams of the UT police found a majority of them fake. As many as 47 loan documents of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Gharaunda (Karnal) were found fake, besides two of State Bank of Patiala (Chandimandir), five of OBC (Kharar), 112 of OBC (Rajpura), one of Punjab National Bank (SAS Nagar), and 14 of Allahabad Bank (Ambala).
Even as two more cases of cheating were registered against phase-6 based Jet International Placement Services, on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases registered against the firm to 22, police fail to make any headway. The accused are yet to be arrested. Police on Wednesday registered a case under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120b (conspiracy) of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act against Jet International Placement Services owner Deepak Arora.
Since June, police have been receiving complaints against the firm. Despite registering 22 cases against Arora, and his colleagues Karandeep Singh, Madhu and Pooja Munjal, who run four offices under name of Jet International Placement Services, Jet Finance, Jet Immigration and Jet IELTS in SAS Nagar, the police have failed to arrest them.
On Wednesday, a Patiala resident, Devinder Kumar, and a resident of Ludhiana, Jaswinder Singh, alleged that they had paid Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.20 lakh, respectively, to the firm for sending them abroad. However, the firm failed to send them abroad and even return their money.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration director Amit Kakkar to judicial custody till September 6

Local Court on Tuesday sent Healthyway Immigration director Amit Kakkar to judicial custody till September 6. Appearing before the court on behalf of UT police, sub-inspector Lakhweer Singh sought the police remand of the accused for two days more, stating that they are yet to recover education certificates of one of the complainant and stamps that were used in preparing the forged documents.

However, judicial magistrate Pritpal Singh, after hearing both the parties, observed that on August 21 police had sought the remand of the accused on the same ground and it's since August 17 that the police had been extending Kakkar's remand.

Therefore, the court, dismissing the police plea for police remand, sent the accused to judicial custody. Kakkar was arrested by police on August 16 after one Mandeep Singh, a resident of Sangrur, charged the company with cheating his wife of Rs 1.85 lakh.

The police have registered seven different cases of cheating and forgery against the accused.
So far, police have received 60 various complaints of forgery and cheating against the immigration consultant, Kakkar.

Healthyway Immigration Company a Fraud Company

IMMIGRATION FIRM LURED PROSPECTIVE IMMIGRANTS BY OFFERING AIR TICKETS, IELTS COACHING, PROCESSING OF PAPERS FREE OF COST ( )
People from across the region come to Chandigarh, one of the hubs of immigration centres, in search of a genuine company NAUNIHAL SINGH

Healthyway Immigration Company in Sector 42 embroiled in the visa racket scam was literally throwing the bait at the prospective immigrants wanting to explore greener pastures abroad.Preliminary investigations by the Chandigarh Police have revealed that the company was allegedly netting the clients by offering them free air tickets and other freebies.
The company had in fact put on posters in front of its offices announcing the free offers.
One of the posters promised one way free air ticket to those applying through Healthyway for studying in New Zealand.
The company was also promising the payment of embassy charges for studying in the same country.
ILETS coaching, too, was being offered to the immigrants free of cost who were getting their papers processed through Healthyway.
For building up its reputation, the company also claimed it had to its credit the highest number of UK visa. The company went up to the extent of promising jobs in foreign lands to the immigrants.
The company had set up a placement provider branch for offering these services.
The consultation was also being offered free of cost.
The company concentrating on Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and New UT SSP Zealand emphasised on education visas.
According to sources in the police, the major clients of the company were aspirants from Punjab. “People from across he region come to Chandigarh, one of the hubs of immigration centres, in search of a genuine company,“ said UT senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh.
To woo the aspirants, companies tend to give free offers to them.

HEALTHYWAY IMMIGRATION Fake Document SCAM

POLICE QUESTIONS 25 EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY HEALTHYWAY IMMIGRATION
Local police on Monday constituted 14 teams to visit various bank branches in Punjab and Haryana in connection with the issuance of fake documents in the Healthyway Immigration scam.The teams are expected to carry out the checks starting Tuesday.They will also be probing the role of financers and agents acting as middlemen between the agent and the banks.

Elaborating, senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh said the teams would verify whether the norms were followed while issuing the documents to the prospective applicants. They would also check whether the documents for issuance of education loans were prepared on genuine addresses or fake addresses were furnished so as to enable a particular branch to issue loan certificates.

The DSP (CID) Anil Joshi said police also carried out fresh raids at the offices of Healthyway Immigration after quizzing the employees. Chandigarh police questioned at least 25 employees, including women, regarding the procedure adopted by Healthyway. They were also questioned about their responsibilities and nature of duties. The questioning continued from 6pm till 11:30pm.

Sources in the police said during the raid it also came to light that at least seven visas processed by Healthway Immigration were turned down by the embassies of various countries due to insufficient funds. The development is significant as the company would make a commitment to aspirants regarding the issuance of visa after putting in sufficient funds in their bank accounts.

Healthyway Immigration consultant Amit Kakkar was booked on August 13 for allegedly luring people in the name of sending them abroad and allegedly using fake documents for the process. Police have booked Kakkar, his wife Swati Kakkar and others. Sources in the police said at least 60 complaints against the consultant were being looked into which may involve finances up to Rs 1 crore.

Sources said in most cases it was found that papers were prepared for the aspirants but their visa application was rejected repeatedly. The reason cited for the rejection was the alleged use of fake documents provided by the consultant.

Number of cases: 7 Number of complaints: 70
August 13: Healthyway Immigration owner Amit Kakkar in the dock for allegedly using fake documents for sending aspirants abroad.
Kakkar and others booked by the police in two separate cases.
August 16: Chandigarh Police registers three more cases against Kakkar. Kakkar surrenders in court.
August 18: The functioning of more than 14 banks in Punjab comes under scanner of Chandigarh police. Out of 252 certificates issued, 248 were allegedly fake.
August 18: Healthway immigration scam gets new investigating officer DSP (CID) Anil Joshi.
August 19: Police seal another branch of the immigration consultant in the name of Career Abroad.
August 21: Police writes to the UT administration to get in touch with ministry of external affairs demanding the cancellation of licence of the company and blacklisting it for future.
August 22: Police conduct fresh raids till late night and quiz 25 employees of the firm.

Scam by Healthyway Immigration

The UT Administration has decided to take up the issue of alleged visa scam by Healthyway Immigration with the union ministry of external affairs.
The ministry will be apprised of the modus operandi of the immigration company on how got forged documents prepared.
The Chandigarh Police have written to the administration to get in touch with MEA, while demanding cancellation of licence of the company and blacklisting it.
The officials said after they shared information with the embassy officials, the latter asserted that they too have received complaints about the particular immigration agency.
The investigations have also brought to light alleged use of fake loan certificates from the banks.
So far, the police have found that of the 252 loan documents provided by different banks, 248 were fake. It has also brought the functioning of nationalized banks and its branches across the region under the police scanner. UT POLICE WRITES TO BANKS Claiming that 70% of total financial documents the police have recovered from Healthyway Immigration office are allegedly forged, the UT police have decided to write to chief managers of the banks from where the documents were procured The authorities are also verifying whether the manager were authorized to clear the hug amount of loans or not. The claim that an education loan ca be cleared only within 20 km o bank's jurisdiction, but the documents reveal that the loan documents have been provided t the residents of other cities.
In some cases, the immigration agency has allegedly bee issuing loan sanction letters, which were not furnished by banks, investigation reveal.The authorities are in touch with the Regional Passport Officer to check th genuineness of passports tha are in their possession.

Healthyway Immigration fraud - Travel agents exploit loopholes in system

Money deposited in the accounts of applicants only to be withdrawn later, as embassies rarely keep check on deposits
The weeklong investigations carried out by the Chandigarh Police into the Healthyway immigration fraud have revealed a systematic approach adopted by travel agents to exploit loopholes in the international immigration system to literally smuggle people to foreign countries without proper documents.

The police are planning to write to the high commissions of UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to bring to their knowledge the modus operandi adopted by immigration agent Amit Kakkar.

The immigration agents took advantage of the “trust“ the countries reposed in the system. The preliminary probe reveals that the travel agents prepared bank documents to show financial capabilities of applicants to sustain themselves in a foreign country by depositing money in their accounts only to take out the amount at a later stage. Sources in the police assert that majority applicants are from Sangrur, Patiala, Ludhiana and Ferozepur districts of Punjab, besides from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The police claimed that Amit Kakkar, prime accused in case, revealed that depending upon the case they used to deposit money in the saving back account.
Investigating officer DSP (CID) Anil Joshi said for procuring financial documents, the immigration agent would deposit Rs 9 lakh in the bank account of the applicant and demand only Rs 1 lakh from the applicant. For the purpose, the agents would charge 7% commission from the applicant, which would come at around Rs 70,000 for a Rs 10-lakh amount.

The money would then be then converted into fixed deposit of Rs 10 lakh. On the basis of the fixed deposit, the applicant would apply for and get 90% loan sanctioned, which would come at around Rs 9 lakh. Joshi added that in the process the agents would procure important documents of fixed deposit and loan document, which the embassies generally see to evaluate the financial ability of a candidate to sustain himself during his stay in the foreign land.

The documents would be then sent to the embassies. The need for such documents was being felt all the more ever since some countries, including UK, tightened immigration rules.

UT senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh said, “As the countries seldom get back to check whether the amount is still in the bank or not, the travel agents exploited this loophole in the system. Soon after obtaining visa, the immigration agents would cancel the fixed deposits and withdraw the amount.“ Sources in the police said the travel agents would get blank cheques signed by the immigrants before they fly out of the country, so that the former are unable to take the advantage of the situation. The investigations have also revealed a possible nexus between the banks, financers and travel agents.

Meanwhile, the police are sending telegrams and speed posts to applicants from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to collect their passports and other documents. An applicant will have to prove his identity before he is handed over the passport.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration Branches are Raided

Police on Saturday continued to carry out raids in connection with the Healthyway Immigration scam. Sources in the Chandigarh Police said the raids were conducted at various branches of the company and several documents pertaining to the functioning of the immigration service was seized. A senior police officer said the functioning of a close associate of the company was under scanner and his role was being studied.
The sources in the police said checks were also carried out in Dhanas to catch hold of an employee of the immigration company, Kuldeep, who was actively involved with the owner, Amit Kakkar, in allegedly befooling the aspirants.
The sources revealed that as per the investigations the employee used to work out the details for forging the documents, while Kakkar used be the prime gainer being the owner of the company.
Further investigations are on into the matter. HTC

Remand of Healthyway Immigration Director Extended

Judicial magistrate (JMIC) Pritpal Singh on Saturday extended the police remand of Immigration consultant Amit Kakkar for another day.

Investigating officers (IO) appeared before the court for FIR number 215 and 216, and sought police remand of the accused for five days more stating that they were yet to verify from the embassy regarding allegations of forgery of documents and also needed to recover the stamps that were used in forging of documents.
Taking into consideration the application of the police, the court extended the police remand of the accused till August 21.

Kakkar was arrested on August 16 on the complaint filled by Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Professor Colony, Karheri village in Patiala, who had alleged that Kakkar along with others took Rs 66,000 from him to send him to the UK. He had alleged that the company neither sent him abroad nor returned the money.

Another complainant Mandeep Singh had alleged that he applied for a visa through Healthyway Immigration Centre, Sector 42-C, Chandigarh, to send his wife to the UK for study. He alleged that he paid Rs 1.85 lakh to the company, however, she was neither sent abroad nor the company returned the money. The police have registered seven different cases of cheating and forgery under Sections 120B, 420, 461, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC against Kakkar for allegedly luring people in the name of sending them abroad on the basis of fake documents.

The police has so far received 60 different complaints of forgery and cheating against immigration consultant Kakkar.

Healthway immigration scam

People who had applied for immigration through Healthyway have come under the scanner of Chandigarh police. The cops are verifying whether the passports and other documents submitted by them are genuine.
The Chandigarh police, during investigations, seized a large number of documents, including passports, travel documents, income tax returns and educational certificates from different branches of Healthyway Consultants.

A senior police officer said they were in the process of verifying the authenticity of these documents. He said they became suspicious after the large-scale forgery of financial documents came to light. SSP Naunihal Singh said that in case of an emergency, aspirants could move an application for the return of documents.

The applicants could prove the genuineness of the papers and take them away, he added. Another officer said it would also decide whether an aspirant would appear as a prosecution witness in case he was found innocent or as an accused if he was found guilty of forgery. If a document was found fake or forged, it would not be returned, he added. Some of these documents were seized from the branches of Healthyway agency while others were seized from individuals who had applied for immigration through the consultancy.
A few aggrieved insisted that as a result, their plans of travelling abroad were not only being delayed but in some cases were likely to be cancelled.

Rubaljeet Kaur said the police had seized her passport from the consultant's office. She said, “As of now, I have no idea when the documents will be returned.“ Her visa to the UK was also rejected. Another aspirant, Kulwant Singh from Khanna, said, “It has been double trouble for us. To begin with, the immigration agency has left us in the lurch, and now the delay in getting documents is causing further hardships for us.“

Mandeep Singh from Sangrur said the police should examine the documents on priority and return the genuine papers. NEW PROBE OFFICER The Healthway immigration scam will have a new investigating officer. In the absence of DSP Ashish Kapoor, who is going to the US for participating in the World Police and Fire Games, CID DSP Anil Joshi will investigate the case.

Meanwhile, judicial magistrate Hemraj Mittal on Friday extended the police remand of immigration consultant Amit Kakkar till August 20. The police on Friday received three more complaints against the immigration firm. The police also sealed another branch of the firm in Sector 44.

Fraud Healthyway Consultant Director's Background

In less than seven years, Amit Kakkar, the main accused in the immigration fraud cases, grew from a smalltime milk-seller to the director of Healthyway Immigration consultancy with an annual turnover of crores.
Before getting into the immigration business in 2004, 34year-old Kakkar used to supply milk on a scooter along with father Ravi Kakkar from Attawa in Chandigarh.

In 2004, Kakkar got into immigration consultancy and in 2006 launched the career consultancy, Carrier Abroad, at Sector 44, and Carrier Viewer, at Sector 35.

The period between 2007 and 2010 was most fruitful for him as the company attracted a large number of youths from the city and various parts of Punjab and Haryana, amassing huge wealth. The company claims to be an authorised education consultant for 175 colleges and universities the world over.
DSP headquarters Ashish Kapoor said the preliminary investigation suggested that Kakkar got into making fake documents between 2009 and 2010. Kakkar got in trouble after the police got inputs from the English embassy about his misdeeds.

In September 2010, Kakkar was caught on the wrong side of law after the income tax department conducted a raid at his office and imposed a fine of Rs 3.5 crore for tax evasion.

The police said that in an attempt to bring glamour and authenticity to the functioning of the company, the accused used to invite film stars to hand over immigration documents to the customers.

From 2008 onwards, the accused had spent huge sums of money in organising stage shows, featuring various film stars and Punjabi singers, in association with a local daily.

The police have so far registered eight cases of cheating against the accused while they are looking into around 80 complaints.

2-DAY POLICE CUSTODY: A local court here on Wednesday sent Amit Kakkar, director of Healthyway Immigration, to two-day police custody in another case of cheating and forgery. Investigating officer Lakhweer Singh had filed an application before the court of judicial magistrate Pritpal Singh, seeking seven-day police remand of the accused.

30 More Fraud Case against Healtyway Immigration Fraud Consultants

AROUND 30 PEOPLE LODGED COMPLAINTS WITH THE POLICE, WHO ARE LOOKING INTO THE 60 COMPLAINTS RECEIVED EARLIER

: The local police have registered three more cases against the owner of Healthyway Immigration Centre, Sector 42, taking the tally of cases to eight in the last three days.

Amit Kakkar, owner of the firm, has been booked for allegedly duping people on the pretext of sending them abroad.

Three cases under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC have been registered at the Sector 36 police station on the complaints lodged by Malkit Singh, resident of Sangrur; Sandeep Kumar, resident of Jalandhar; and Gaurav Thakur, resident of Pathankot.
The immigration company had taken Rs 1.5 lakh, Rs 70,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh from Malkit Singh, Sandeep Kumar and Gaurav Thakur respectively, for sending them abroad, but failed to keep the promise.
Heena, who had earlier filed a complaint, alleged that she had also been threatened by Ravi Kakkar of Healthyway.
Acting on her complaint, a case under Section 506 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 36 police station.
The police had earlier registered five cases on the complaints filed by Mandeep Singh, resident of Sangrur; Jaswinder Singh, Avtar Singh, both residents of Patiala; Amandeep Singh, resident of Ludhiana; and Heena, resident of Chandigarh.

DSP headquarters Ashish Kapoor and DSP south BS Negi are supervising the cases. The police have appealed to the residents that in case they want to share any information in this regard, they can call at 97799 80990 and 97795 80914.

Despite repeated attempts, no one from the immigration centre was available for comment.
The police on Monday received more complaints against the company. Around 30 people lodged complaints with the police, who are already looking into the 60 complaints received earlier.

Around 50 people staged a protest outside the company office and demanded action against the owners. One Deepak Randhawa alleged that he had given Rs 5 lakh to the company last year for getting a student visa to England. Similarly, Gopal Chand alleged that the company duped him of Rs 1.75 lakh on the pretext of sending him to England.

Scam-tainted Healthyway Immigration firm's alleged link with eight other immigration companies.

Two days after police referred to scam-tainted Healthyway Immigration firm's alleged link with eight other immigration companies operating in the city, investigating officer deputy superintendent of police (CID) Anil Joshi on Friday said the police hadn't found any incriminating evidence so far of their connection with Healthyway and its managing director Amit Kakkar who is now in police custody. The eight companies are: Canme Travel Agents, Sector 17, Sunrise Immigration, Sector 8, Charm Immigration, Sector 37, Advise Immigration, Sector 9, PEC Asia, Sector 7, Global Immigration, Sector 20, Crocc Oshian, Sector 35 and Spectrum Forex, Sector 35.

Fraud Healthyway Consultant's two financiers sent to judicial custody CHANDIGARH:

A local court on Friday sent the Healthyway Immigration Consultant's two financier to judicial custody till September 9.

Judicail magistrate Pritpal Singh sent the two suspects, Anil Verma and Rajat, to judicial custody. While Rajat is resident of Sector 19, Anil runs RV Finance firm in Jalandhar.

Explaining the modus operandi, police said, “The immigration agent used to take advantage of trust the countries reposed in the system.

The travel agents prepared bank documents to show financial capabilities of applicants to sustain themselves in a foreign country by depositing money in their accounts, only to take out the amount at a later stage.“
The majority of applicants are from Sangrur, Patiala, Ludhiana and Ferozepur districts of Punjab in addition to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

“The agents used to deposit margin money by opening a savings account in the bank suggested by the company. To procure financial documents, they would deposit Rs 9 lakh in applicant's bank account against Rs 1 lakh from applicant as charges,“ added police official.

CA Associated with Fraud Healthyway Immigration Consultant got arrested

The UT police on Saturday arrested a chartered accountant associated with Healthyway Immigration, the firm allegedly involved in a visa racket.

Chartered accountant Varun Gupta was called up for questioning on Saturday afternoon. The police claimed that 108 cases processed by him were of premature loan withdrawal. In 34 cases, the aspirants got stamp of visa rejection for 10 years due to the use of fake documents. Gupta was arrested after he failed to give satisfactory answers, the police said. This is the fourth arrest since the racket was unearthed on August 13. Kakkar and his two financiers have already been arrested. Eight cases have been registered so far in connection with the racket.

Anil Joshi, DSP (CID), said Gupta was allegedly involved in the preparation of fake bank documents. He had employed other agents and was liaising with banks.The police claimed that Gupta, a resident of Sector 45, was also running a consultancy for sending students abroad. Two police teams have been constituted to track his five associates. The teams will visit various parts of Punjab and Haryana. Sources in the police said a team had gone to Pathankot with Healthyway director and prime accused Amit Kakkar to procure documents.

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Fraud Healthyway Consultant Director's Remand Extended.

A local court on Saturday again extended the police remand of immigration consultant Amit Kakkar, director, Healthyway Immigration, in two other cases. Kakkar had surrendered before the court of judicial magistrate Pritpal Singh in seven different cases registered against him and is already facing judicial custody in two of the cases out of seven.

Investigating officer (IO) subinspector Giyan Singh, appeared before the court to seek Kakkar's remand.
In its application before the court, police sought four-day police remand of the accused stating that Kakkar had franchises in Pathankot and they needed to verify the documents and how the franchises were providing services to the clients, as police had received various complaints from this area also.

Police further stated that earlier to verify the same, when they had taken Kakkar along to Pathankot they had to return as his health was not good, and the investigation could not be completed.

Taking into consideration the application of the police, the court granted police remand of the accused for one day till August 28.

The police have registered seven different cases of cheating and forgery under Section 120B, 420, 461, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC against Kakkar for allegedly using fake documents for sending aspirants abroad. POLICE SOUGHT FOUR-DAY REMAND OF THE ACCUSED STATING THAT THEY NEEDED TO VERIFY HOW THE FRANCHISEES WERE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CLIENTS

Healthyway Immigration scam

The 6-day police investigation into the Healthyway Immigration scam has established that Kuldeep Singh arranged fake bank documents for the victims, cops said on Saturday.

Sources in police told TOI, ''Kuldeep was the right-hand man of the firm's owner Amit Kakkar. He used to deal with all the legal matters and other disputes involving Healthyway Immigration Consultants.''

Scrutiny of more than 35 previous complaints against Healthyway, in which plaintiffs refused to pursue the cases after receiving money, showed that Kuldeep handled those on part of the firm, a senior police officer said.

Cops have failed to arrest Kuldeep, who claims to be the son of a police inspector and resides in Milk Colony, Dhanas. They raided his house twice.

Detection of this scam has led to police strutinizing the documents of many other immigration firms. SSP Naunihal Singh said, ''Over two dozen more immigration firms of the city are under suspicion. We have unearthed a lot of information while investigating Healthyway Immigration Consultants.'' The SSP refused to divulge names of these firms and maintained they also had valid licences like Healthyway. ''We have received complaints against them,'' he added.

Seven FIRs have been registered against Kakkar and police have received more than 55 complaints of cheating from several youths of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration Owner Arrested

Fraud Healthyway Immigration Owner Arrested

Investigation by Chandigarh Police in Healthyway Immigration Fraud have brought to the fore startling revelation about the alleged use of fake financial documents obtained from banks.

The Investigation carried out by the Police show that 248 out of 252 financial documents examined were fake, which has brought the functioning of nationalized banks and their branched across the region under the police scanner.

Giving details , DSP. Headquater Ashish Kapoor said , "all 112 financial documents supposedly issued by the Oriental Bank of Commerce's, Patiala road branch Rajpura have been found to be fake.".
Kapoor who investigating the case said "Further,47 documnets supposedly issued by the OBC   at Ghraunda where forged. The other banks under the scanner are UCO bank; Haripurdhar Branch is sirmour district Himachal Pardesh, SBI Vharari Branch in Sirmour District and SBI Arniwal Branch in Ferozepur district".

The Probe is expected to take Chandigarh Police to different parts of the region as Healthyway has no less thean 42 Branches, 29 in Punjab , 8 in Haryana, 2 each in Himachal and Hoshiarpur and another in Jaipur.

Kapoor Said the Police were probing the role of officials in Bank and other financial institutions in issuance of fake financial documents to the aspirants. The police believed the fake documents could not have been issued without the connivance of the Bank Officials.

Financial document are needed to prove that someone aspiring to go abroad has the capacity to arrange enough money to support his stay during the initial days there. Immigration agents often help people in getting these documents prepared.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration raided

Healthyway Immigration raided Provided ‘fake’ documents for visa; director abscondingTribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 13
Following complaints of fraud by a prominent travel agency operating from Sector 42, Chandigarh, a team of the UT Police today raided Healthyway Immigration Consultancy and registered two separate cases of cheating.

The company owner is absconding and raids are on to nab him, the police said. The travel agency, operating since the past 10 years, is in the dock for allegedly providing fake documents for obtaining visa in return of money.

The police said it received five complaints against the company. While the police acted on two complaints, antecedents of the rest of the three complaints are being verified.

The police registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC at the Sector 36 police station. The case was registered on the complaint of Mandeep Singh, a resident of Dhuri tehsil in Sangrur district of Punjab, against director of the company Amit Kakkar, his mother Saroj Kakkar, employees Kuldeep Singh, Seema Dogra and others.


Mandeep alleged that he applied for a visa through Healthyway Immigration Centre, Sector 42-C, Chandigarh, to send her wife to UK for study. He alleged that he paid Rs 1.85 lakh to the company. However, she was neither sent abroad not the company return the money, the complainant alleged.

Another complainant Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Professor Colony, Karheri village in Patiala, alleged that Amit Kakkar along with others took Rs 66,000 from him to send him abroad (UK). He alleged that the company failed to sent him abroad and also did not return the money.
The police also raided the Mohali, Phase 3B-II residence of the accused. No arrest has been made so far. The owners of Healthyway Immigration have been making tall claims of paving the way for a number of students to fulfil their wish to study in countries including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Spain.

DSP (Headquarters) Ashish Kapoor, who is heading the special investigating team, to look into complaints of immigration fraud, said the company provided fake documents to a number of clients whose applications for visa were rejected. The clients, who lost their hard-earned money complained to the police following which a case was registered. 

Complaints againts Healthyway Immigration Consultants

Punjab police has registered a criminal case against Healthyway emigration Consultants based here for allegedly submitting a fake bank document to UK embassy to obtain student visa for a Mohali student.


The British embassy has barred the concerned student from visiting UK for next ten years. The student claimed that Healthyway has kept her in dark about the fake documents.

The Healthyway consultant and owner Kuldip Singh who runs his emigration business from SCO 49 in Sector 42 here has been claiming in newspaper advertisements that his agency has 100 percent success rate in student Visas. He is also offering one way air ticket to the successful candidates.

Amarndeep Kaur a resident of Sector 71 in SAS Nagar applied for the UK student Visa through Healthyway and gave Rs.1.2 lakh to the agency as consultation fee. (Generally, the reputed emigration agencies demand Rs.20,000 consultation fee).

According to Police, Amandeep Kaur had applied the Visa in October 2009. She told the police that Healthyway informed here after two months that her Visa was rejected because UK embassy couldn't verify her certificates from Punjab School Education Board.

Rajpal Singh father-in-law of student said that he wrote to UK embassy and got a reply that the emigration company has submitted a fake bank statement. He said that when he confronted the Healthyway owner, he offered Amandeep Visa for some other country. She was not keen to go to any other country. He said that embassy has seized the passport of the student.

Mohali Police has registered a case of cheating against Healthyway owner Kuldip Singh and a counsellor Monika. Police is investigating the case.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration Consultants

High drama was witnessed at the office of a city-based immigration agency on Monday, with nearly 25 people who had come from different districts of Punjab protesting against the company, alleging fraud to the tune of thousands of rupees. The complainants were from Ferozepur, Bathinda, Sangrur and Ludhiana. Many of them said they were surprised to find others facing similar issues.

Protesters outside the Healthyway Immigration office in Sector 42, Chandigarh.

The protesters gathered outside the agency’s office in Sector 42 alleged that the Healthyway Immigration Consultant Private Limited had taken huge sums of money from them but never provided them with the
visas as promised. “They took Rs 90,000 from me, saying they needed to show a bank loan of Rs 15 lakh to process the visa application. However, when I enquired, I found that the embassy had refused the visas, saying the bank loan shown in the documents was fake,” said Vicky Sharma, who had come from Sangrur.

Another complainant who had come from Bathinda said he had approached the agency for processing the case of his son who wanted to immigrate to Canada. “They charged Rs 45,000 for the file and took another Rs 90,000, saying it was 6 per cent of the Rs 15 lakh that was to be shown as the loan amount. The embassy, however, refused the visa, saying the loan was not authentic,” said L D Arora.

The protesters said when they asked for a refund of the money, they were refused. Rekha Thakur, centre head of the immigration agency, refuted the allegations. “It is wrong that we took money against false 
banks loans. If the clients have any issues, we will sort them out,” she said.

The police took stock of the situation and listened to the complaints of the protesting visitors. They asked the protesters to submit a formal complaint. The complainants then went to the Sector 36 police
station for the purpose but a compromise was reached with the company after the management assured to refund the money and handed them the Cheque