Delhi Police: Two fake call centres busted, 30 women among 37 held

NEW DELHI: In major crackdown on BPO scams, Delhi Police on Thursday busted two fake call centres in separate operations and arrested 37 people in total, including 30 women. More than 60 mobile phones, laptops, SIM cards and documents of several bank accounts were seized in the crackdown.
In the first operation in which 34 people were arrested, Cyber Cell received a tip-off about a fake call centre in Shahdara district in a building near GT Road.Those arrested also included 30 women tele-callers.
Additional deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Sanjay Kumar Sain said a police team raided the premises. “Enquiry revealed that the BPO employees used to call people and offer them jobs in banks. The victims were asked to register themselves on a website www.bankinstantjob.com and pay only Rs 10 as registration fee,” Sain said.
During the registration process, the BPO employees would acquire the bank details of the targets and then deduct Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 from their accounts.
In the second incident, reported from Dilshad Garden, two men were arrested for luring people on the pretext of job offers in a motor company and then duping them. “The accused led us to the third associate, who was also held,” said a police officer.