Duped by travel agent, 2 youths stuck at Malaysia airport

Chandigarh: Duped by a travel agent of Faridkot, the victims, identified as Lakhvir Singh (27) and Raju Singh (22) belonging to Vidrokey village of Moga and Burj Hari Singh village of Ludhiana, respectively, are stranded at the Kuala Lumpur airport .
Travel agent Jagtar Singh from Manuke village in Moga and a partner with Ticket Trawells, allegedly took Rs 1 lakh each from them to send them to Malaysia on work permit.
The two, however, were detained at the airport by the Malaysian airport authorities, telling them they could not enter the country for they had no proper documents. Not only this, the contact of Jagtar at Kuala Lumpur took away Rs 40,000 that was with them on the pretext of getting them to enter the country, leaving both at the mercy of people visiting the airport.
The youths are now surviving on the rice offered by the security staff at the airport, claimed an Australian NRI from Panchkula, Sandeep Chandan, who during a halt on his journey to India recorded their tale of woe on camera. He also took their addresses as well as phone numbers of their parents.
06/11/09 Punjab Newsline

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009, Foreign Nov 2009