An agent of an insurance company has been booked by the local police for duping a Patiala resident of Rs 23,12,900 on the pretext of settling her daughter abroad.
In her complaint to the police, Kusum Rani, a local schoolteacher and resident of Patiala, had stated that the accused, Pardeep Kumar, used to regularly visit her school in connection with insurance policies. She said during conversations, the accused came to know that her daughter had done a diploma course in computers. He told the complainant that he would settle her daughter in a foreign country.