With the arrest of 24 people, including 15 women, the Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to has busted a fake call centre in Delhi’s Rohini area. Police said the accused duped victims, mainly from the northeastern States and Odisha, on the pretext of offering them mobile phones at cheap rates through a lottery scheme.
The main accused identified as Ramkumar (34), Shyam Kumar (35) and Govind (22), all residents of Sultanpuri here, together owned the call centre.
According to Pranav Tayal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rohini district, on Friday, the police received information about the fake call centre operating at Rohini Sector-7 which allegedly duped people on the pretext of offering them mobiles at cheap rates through a lottery scheme.
“The police raided the call centre and nabbed the accused. Enquiry revealed that most of the victims belonged to the northeastern states. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused used to collect mobile number of people residing in other states from the internet,” said the DCP.
“The accused randomly made calls to people across the country and induced them with lucrative offers. They told the people that their number had been selected for the offer in which they will get a mobile phone worth Rs 17,000 on payment of just Rs 4,500,” said the DCP.
“In order to gain the confidence of customers, they used the post office as logistics service provider. However, instead of sending mobiles, they would send cheap wallets, belt, soaps etc. in the parcel,” said the DCP.
“Police also raided the warehouse of the accused situated at Rohini Sector-20 and recovered packets that were ready to be delivered. The three owners of fake call centre were also nabbed from there,” said the DCP.
“Police have also recovered three computers, 52 mobiles, 384 packets and other items,” the DCP added. .