22-YEAR-OLD HELD FOR CHEATING

NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man, who allegedly cheated two people of over Rs 2.40 lakh on the pretext of giving them visas of Serbia, was arrested from the airport here, police said on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Deepak Kumar Soni, a resident of Uttam Nagar here. He introduced himself to the two victims as an assistant coordinator in the Bureau of Immigration and furnished fake identity cards to gain their trust, the police said. Complainant Sandeep Kumar, a native of Jalandhar in Punjab, alleged on Saturday that Soni introduced himself as Ankit Kumar and assured him and his friend Jaswant of visas to the European country for 1,500 Euros each (Rs 1.21 lakh). Soni met the duo outside the Bureau of Immigration’s Foreigners Regional Registration Office at Bhikaji Cama Place, collected the money and their passports, and asked them to wait outside the office. However, Soni never returned, police said citing the complaint.