Canada PR scam: Woman booked for forgery, deserting hubby

Ludhiana: The Salem Tabri police have booked a Canada-based woman, her family members, and an acquaintance for cheating and forgery after it was alleged that they furnished forged nursing experience certificates to pursue an online course and facilitate a move to Canada. It is further alleged that the woman cheated her husband and his family by abandoning him shortly after obtaining Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) with his assistance. The FIR has been registered against Amandeep Kaur, currently in Canada; her brother Jasveer Singh and father Balbeer Singh, both residents of Kapurthala; and Gurwinder Singh, a matchmaker from Ludhiana.The case was initiated on the complaint of Jarnail Singh, a resident of Aman Nagar, whose son Maan Singh has lived in Canada for over a decade. Maan Singh married Amandeep on February 10, 2024, through the matchmaker Gurwinder Singh. Two months after the wedding, Maan returned to Canada and began the process of sponsoring his wife. Amandeep arrived in Canada on October 29, 2024, and secured her PR by February 12, 2025. Jarnail Singh stated that to strengthen her residency application, he had enrolled her in an online nursing course, for which the other accused allegedly provided fraudulent work experience certificates.The complainant alleged that after obtaining her PR, Amandeep began frequently arguing with her husband, eventually moved out, and began living separately. He contends that Amandeep and her family conspired to use the marriage solely as a vehicle for immigration. Following a complaint filed on September 2, 2025, a police inquiry revealed significant discrepancies. One certificate claimed Amandeep worked at a Kapurthala clinic from October 2020 to January 2024, while a second certificate placed her at a Ludhiana clinic from July 2022 to October 2024.Doctors disown signaturesDuring the probe, doctors from both clinics were summoned. The Kapurthala doctor testified that her working dates differed from the certificate provided, while the Ludhiana doctor confirmed his signatures had been forged, as he had never issued such a document. Inspector Harshveer Singh, SHO of Salem Tabri, stated that based on these findings, a case has been registered under sections 316 (2), 318 (2), 336 (2), 338 (3), 336 (3), and 346 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), covering criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, and tampering.