Mrs. Chandigarh 2019, Arpana Sagotra on Sunday was arrested along with her son Kunal in multiple fraud cases. As per reports, the police recovered 500 grams of gold biscuits, Rs 7 lakh cash, and a Ford car from them. Police have already arrested Mrs Chandigarh Arpana Sagotra's husband Sanjay. As per Phase 11 Police of Mohali, 25 cases of fraud are registered against them in which Arpana Sagotra & her family are accused of cheating from Rs 2.5 to 3 crores. The Police stated that an investigation is underway and the number of fraud cases may increase further.
Mrs. Chandigarh Arpana Sagotra is reportedly a lawyer by profession. She won the title of Mrs. Chandigarh in the age group above 40 years in 2019. According to Mohali Police, Mrs. Chandigarh along with her husband Sanjay opened an immigration office in Sector 105. Where he talked about sending people abroad. However, he used to take money from people. After this, they were not sent abroad. Not only this, when people called, they did not pick up their calls.
Police investigation revealed that Mrs. Chandigarh and her husband trapped people through social media. People were lured by social media in the name of sending them abroad and especially to Canada quickly for less money. Then they were called to the office and money was taken. Later, they used to swindle the money.
Mohali Police investigation reportedly revealed that Mrs. Chandigarh Arpana Sagotra had cheated a woman from Dera Bassi. Aparna told her that her husband's name was ES Joseph. She said that she would get her admitted to a private school in Sector 26, Chandigarh. For this, she took Rs 5 lakh. Apart from this, she also took Rs 16 lakh in the name of investment and swindled it.
As per the cops, after swindling the money, if anyone went to Aparna to ask for money, she used to threaten them. Since she was a lawyer by profession, she used to threaten the victims of fraud that she would file a case against them. However, when the number of victims of fraud increased, they reached the police station, and, Mrs. Chandigarh's alleged secret was revealed.
It has also been revealed that that Arpana bought gold biscuits to hide the fraud money. When the police caught her, gold biscuits of 100 grams each were recovered from her. Rs 7 lakh cash and car seized from her were also from the fraud money.
To impress people, Arpana used to take the help of luxury cars. These had VIP numbers on them. She used to share such photos on social media before trapping people so that no one could think that a woman who owned a car worth crores could usurp lakhs of rupees from them. However, this was all part of the game plan of fraud.
For instance, Balbir Singh, a resident of Bhai Matidas Nagar, Bathinda, complained that Arpana Sagotra and her husband Sanjay Singh had opened their immigration office in Kothi No. 45 in Emaar Society in Sector 106, Mohali. He was running an immigration office from home. He came in contact with them through a social media platform and applied to the couple's company for Canadian PR. Arpana Sagotra and her husband allegedly demanded Rs 12 lakh for getting him PR in Canada. He deposited the amount. But, after taking the money, the accused did not give him a visa. Instead, they started threatening him. The cheques given to him also bounced.
The cops further informed that the amount of fraud is very high. Due to this, the police are still finding out the details of her bank accounts and property. The police will also get her property confiscated through the court so that the victims of fraud can get justice. Most of the cases against the arrested accused Arpana are registered in the Sohana police station. All are of immigration fraud. Most of the victims are from the districts of Punjab.