INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI |
Updated: Jan 21, 2020 06:42 IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): A police complaint has been lodged against the founders of a Kochi-based company named
George International for allegedly duping people by promising to provide visas to travel abroad in order to seek employment
The visa applicants have staged a protest in front of the firm after its founders identified as George and Udayan found to absconding
The preliminary investigation has revealed that the company has defrauded Rs 6 crore from around 100 visa applicants
Around Rs 3 to 10 lakh have been defrauded from each applicant
"There are people here who have been paying to George International since 2017 for jobs in Kuwait, Sharjah, and Canada
They had offered us a visa
But, we haven't seen the owners of this company for the past two months
They haven't shown any responsibility regarding the payment of money," one of the applicants, Elizabeth said
We have no way left to recover our money
We paid them off by borrowing money
We are all worried about how the money will be recovered," she added
Another applicant, Raji Gopalakrishnan told ANI that as many as 200 people staged the protest outside the firm on Monday
"We were not allowed to enter inside due to police force deployment," she said
