Delhi Police busts two fake call centres, 57 held

Delhi | Tuesday | 26th October, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) The Delhi Police has busted two fake call centres in separate cases from different parts of the national capital and arrested 57 people, officials said on Monday.

In the first incident, police nabbed 46 women and seven men in Rohini area.

On Monday, a tip-off was received regarding a fake call centre running at Pooth Kalan village.

Police conducted raid on the premises and nabbed 26 women and two men who were found indulging in illegal activities to defraud people on the pretext of offering them mobile phones on cheap rates, a senior police officer said.

The accused used to give lucrative scheme of mobile and other articles in a combo pack of just Rs 4,500 to the people.

They collected the mobile series of other states with the help of internet and made the calls to several people across the country, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said.