Key Points
Sandeep Kumar and his 21-year-old nephew Tony left for Italy in February with dreams of fancy jobs, lots of money and a new life under the Tuscan sun..
After a harrowing six months that took them to Dubai, then Benghazi, Zuwarah and finally to Tripoli in Libya, Kumar returned to his village in Punjab on 20 August..
We suspect that he has duped as many as 500 people from Punjab and Haryana and sent them to Libya in the last two years, said a senior police officer from Kurukshetra involved with the casewhere Madan Lal has a travel agency, CBR Travels...
In cases where the visa was finalised, Madan Lal would come to the office and speak to the families, says a local police officer involved in the case said.. Ravinder Kumar and his brother Sandeep and six other villagers had gone to meet Madan Lal in a Swift car they hired last year in December...
After Kumar received the call from Tony, he realised the foreign dream was turning into a nightmare.But whenever he approached Madan Lal, the agent would demand more money to free him..
