Police would take strong action against those making crank calls to the 108 Ambulance helpline services, according to Bhubaneswar DCP Satyabrata Bhoi .
The 108 Ambulance services and call centres are operated by the Ziqitza Health Service (ZHS), which has filed a complaint with police against repeated unnecessary phone calls.
Police have started tracking the numbers which have been making repeated useless calls
From November last year, the 108 Ambulance emergency services have been receiving repeated calls from five numbers. These calls were made for just chatting with call centres’ staffs.
The call centres are being manned by female staff from morning 7 am to 3 pm, and most of the calls from men were coming during this period. Interestingly, women were also calling the 108 helpline to gossip.
DCP Bhoi said that based on the complaint by the company, police have registered an FIR against the numbers making fake calls.
Even though the call centre is based in Bhubaneswar, the complaint would be forwarded to the respective police station in the concerned districts, he added.