Fake call centre busted, 15 held
GB Nagar/Ghaziabad: With the arrested of 15 persons, a fake call Center was busted in a joint operation carried out by Gautam Buddh Nagar cyber cell police and Ghaziabad police. Police officials said that the gang used to dupe people by offering them lucrative profits on insurance policies, loans and share market exchange.
According to police, the fake call center was being operated from past one year from a rented flat in Shakti Khand-2 in Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad. Cops said that the arrested persons were identified as Sonu,Vickey, Rakesh, Prince, Ravi Kumar, Mhd Kasim, Anis Mirza, Suryakant, Siprince, Sohaib, Sanjay and Kapil and three other women Renu Chaudhary, Nisha and Rachna. All the accused persons are residents of Ghazibad and Delhi and worked as telecallers.
Vaibhav Krishna, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gautam Buddh Nagar said that the matter came to light after an FIR was lodged by a victim in Surajpur police station of Greater Noida, who claimed to have been duped by the gang.
"Harjeet Singh, a native of Bhatinda in Punjab, had lodged a complaint against the gang with Gautam Buddh Nagar police. Singh alleged that seven persons of the gang duped him with over Rs 50 lakhs by offering him lucrative profits on LIC policy. Police acted upon the complaint and a trap was laid to nab the accused persons," said Krishna.
"The accused persons were arrested on Saturday night from Indirapuram area from a rented house where they were running an office named 'NCR Insurance Policy'. Police have recovered 36 mobile phones, 28 debit cards and Rs 6 lakh 30 thousand cash apart from a few other documents," added Krishna.
Aparna Gautam, Circle Officer-III, Ghaziabad said that the gang had duped hundreds of persons from Delhi-NCR regions and other various states.
"Upon sustained interrogations, it came to light that the gang would specifically target those persons whose policies would have expired and claim to renew the policies. Police have also come across over 25 hired bank accounts whose owners were given a share in the amount deposited in their accounts. We are also scanning and trying to get details of these bank accounts," said Gautam.
