ahmedabad a 45yearold man from nikol has accused a travel agent from motera of swindling him out of rs 24 lakh by promising to arrange a student visa for his son who wanted to go to australia for higher studiesin his complaint rajesh patel a resident of vrundavan residency said that his son jainil had completed a diploma in agriculture from a university in vadodara in 2019 jainil aspired to pursue a dairy and food science course in melbourne australia to fulfil this dream patel approached ajay vaghela a resident of kolavada in gandhinagar who had a travel agency office in moteravaghela assured patel that he would obtain a student visa for jainil for rs 40 lakh convinced by him patel paid rs 24 lakh in instalments between june 20 and september 14 the remaining amount was to be paid once jainil reached australia safelyhowever after the payment patel received no information about the visa status for nearly three months vaghelas responses were vague and unsatisfactory whenever he inquired about the visa when patel visited vaghelas office seeking answers he found the agent evasive and uncooperativepatel finally approached chandkheda police and filed a complaint against vaghela accusing him of breach of trust and cheating the chandkheda police have initiated an investigation into the matter to ascertain the veracity of patels claims