amritsar the reports of alleged killings of indian youths in guatemala have panicked as many as 10 families of punjab whose dear ones were flown to guatemala en route united states via mexico by spurious travel agents who received anything between rs 10 to 15 lakh for settling the young punjabis in america according to reports the youths who have been killed in america belonged to punjab and gujarat however there has still not been any official confirmation of the deaths from the central american country toi on friday traced three families that received phone calls from their sons in october 2010 from guatemala but they never called again baldev singh father of ravinder singh said he paid rs 85 lakh to a delhibased travel agent d s chinna alias shani who had promised a visa and job for his son in america ravinder singh left home on september 17 2010 and on october 2 called home informing that he had reached guatemala and the agents had promised him to take to america in few days time that was the last time i heard his voice we have no idea of his whereabouts said the grieving father his mother amarjit kaur said the family had not celebrated any festival since then ravinder singhs younger brother baljinder singh who tills his seven acres of land and runs a dairy said he called the gutaemala telephone number many times and it was only once when a punjabispeaking person answered the call but said ravinder was not present october singh resident of tapparian amar singh village in ropar district said his son manjit singh left for america in 2010 but landed in guatemala i had settled a deal for rs 20 lakh with a panchkulabased travel agent who took rs 125 lakh as advance and the remaining amount was to be given to him after receiving the boys phone call from america he said there was gloom in the house after the news of indian youth being killed in guatemala he said manjit called three times from guatemala in october 2010 but never again a resident of the same village diljit singh said the group for america included 10 boys