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.
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.
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