The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, Jammu, has filed a chargesheet against an interstate syndicate allegedly involved in cheating unemployed youth in Jammu on the pretext of providing them work visas for New Zealand and other countries.
The Crime Branch presented the chargesheet before the Court of the Excise Magistrate, Jammu, in connection with FIR No. 49/2025, registered under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 340(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station Crime Branch, Economic Offences Wing, Jammu.
The accused have been identified as Vijay Gill, son of Gopal Gill, and Harris Gill, son of Pawan Gill, both residents of Supwal, Tehsil and District Samba; Tirlochan Singh, son of Gurmail Singh, a resident of Village Lahinpur, Dasuya, Punjab; Mandeep Singh, son of Sukhdeep Singh, a resident of Kolpur, Vijaypur, presently residing at Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Jalandhar; and Ravinder Singh, son of Jagmeet Singh, a resident of House No. 43, Street No. 01, Ward No. 55, Rishi Nagar, Haibowal Khurd, Ludhiana, presently residing at House No. 110, Block-B, 33 Feet Road, Sunder Nagar Chowk, Ludhiana.
The case pertains to an elaborate international visa racket in which unemployed youth were allegedly defrauded on the false promise of securing work visas for overseas employment.
The case was registered following a written complaint lodged by Vishal Kumar, son of Ghara Ram, a resident of Mawa, Tehsil Rajpura, District Samba, against Vijay Gill and Harris Gill. The complainant alleged that the accused, Harris Gill and his uncle Vijay Gill, cheated him of ₹11,62,000 on the pretext of arranging a work visa for New Zealand.
The accused syndicate allegedly provided the victim with a fabricated visa and fake flight tickets before luring him to Delhi, where he was manipulated and ultimately forced to return empty-handed.
The investigation, conducted by DySP Mamta Sharma, established evidence linking the accused to an interstate syndicate operating across Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, which systematically targeted and cheated unemployed aspirants.
Technical surveillance, analysis of bank statements and an official verification report from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), confirming that the New Zealand visa document was entirely fake, established the fraudulent nature of the operation.
Furthermore, forensic examination by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) scientifically authenticated the signature of the accused, Vijay Gill on the execution of the primary agreement.
On the basis of oral, documentary, financial and scientific evidence collected during the investigation, the Crime Branch filed a chargesheet against all five accused before the Court of the Excise Magistrate, Jammu, for judicial determination.
The SSP, Crime Branch EOW Jammu, has advised the general public to remain vigilant against such economic frauds and report similar incidents to the Crime Branch EOW Jammu.