The owner of a Phase-1 immigration firm, Rakesh Rikhi, along with five accomplices, has been arrested for allegedly duping over 40 visa hopefuls from various states. The firm, Rudraksh Group Overseas Solutions, located in Phase-1, Mohali, was also recently added to a statewide immigration fraud list released by Punjab Police.
A police team led by Inspector Sukhbir Singh, SHO of Phase-1 police station, arrested the six accused from multiple locations in Mohali. Along with Rakesh Rikhi, the other accused are:
Inderjit Singh
Gurpreet Singh
Prityush Tiwari
Ramanjit Singh
During the arrests, the police also recovered a white Mercedes car from the accused.
The arrests came after complaints were filed by two victims, Nawab Yadav from New Delhi and Monu Rana from Kaithal, Haryana. According to the police, the accused have duped several visa aspirants across the country, including victims from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, and Punjab. The fraudsters allegedly charged the victims lakhs of rupees for visa processing and promised overseas work opportunities. Some victims even sold their land to meet the financial demands.
In Mohali alone, the accused were involved in 37 complaints, and they have already been booked in seven different cheating cases across Mohali, Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana.
On Wednesday, around 100 applicants staged a protest outside the firm’s office after they found it locked and were unable to get their visas processed.
