Amritsar, March 16 – A local court on Saturday acquitted Gurvinder Singh, alias Garry, in an eight-year-old immigration fraud case, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish his involvement beyond a reasonable doubt.
Judicial Magistrate Parmod Kumar stated that there was no incriminating evidence against Gurvinder, a resident of Wajan Wala village in Ajnala. The case, registered in 2017, was based on a complaint by Sheenu, a New Delhi resident, who alleged that Aseem Vij, Rashmi Rana, and Ashish Goyal defrauded her and her husband with false promises of lucrative jobs and permanent residency in Singapore.
Sheenu claimed she paid ₹25 lakh to the accused, after which she received employment documents from BNL Services Pvt Ltd for an operations manager role with a $4,500 monthly salary.
However, upon arrival in Singapore, she was assigned work as a bathroom cleaner. When she confronted Vij, she was allegedly threatened, prompting her return to India and the subsequent police complaint.
The case was filed under Sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, and Section 24 of the Immigration Act.
During the trial, defence counsel Terminder Singh pointed out that Gurvinder’s name did not appear in the initial complaint.
“When the complainant testified, she admitted she had never met Gurvinder and had no allegations against him,” he said, arguing that the charges against his client were baseless.
The court noted that two key accused, Aseem Vij and Rashmi Rana, had been declared proclaimed offenders, while Ashish Goyal was acquitted in 2023. Despite the seizure of bank records from multiple financial institutions, the prosecution failed to link Gurvinder Singh to the fraud, leading to his acquittal.
