Ludhiana, Nov. 3 -- In a series of separate fraud cases exposing the growing menace of fake overseas job rackets, Ludhiana police have booked four travel agents for allegedly duping multiple residents of nearly Rs.28 lakh on the pretext of arranging work permits, visa extensions and foreign employment.

Police said three separate FIRs have been registered at Division No. 3, Basti Jodhewal and Moti Nagar police stations after preliminary inquiries confirmed the allegations.

In the first case, registered at Division No. 3 police station, complainant Babita accused two men - Abhishek Nathaniel, a resident of Issa Nagri, Ludhiana, and Sylvester Fernandes of Mumbai - of cheating her and her sister on the pretext of extending a UK work permit....