Illegal call centre owners held

Acting on information received by the British High Commission here regarding online fraud, two people were arrested for running an illegal call-centre in Delhi and cheating British citizens by luring them to obtain unsecured loans from India. The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Saurabh Gupta and Yashin Nagpal on 7 October and was granted custody by a Delhi court till 10 October. ‘This gang used to cheat British citizens by luring them for obtaining unsecured loans etc and inducing them to transfer a particular amount through internet transfer in India as a processing fee to provide unsecured loan,’ police said. By using this unique method of cheating, this gang was illegally procuring huge amounts of foreign money to India. Using the call-centre, the gang was generating huge amounts of unaccounted funds. The accused were produced in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi Wednesday and were remanded to 14-days judicial custody.