Five arrested for running fake call centre

The Delhi Police has arrested five persons, including a woman for allegedly running a fake call center and duping people in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram area.

The accused have been identified as Mani Kartik (32), a resident of Keshav Puram and the kingpin of the racket, N Marimuttu (37), K Rahul (18), C Shiva (28), residents of Shakurpur, and Prachi Arora (20), a resident of Burari.

According to Vijayanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest district, a complaint was received where the complainant alleged that he got calls from the unknown numbers where persons impersonated themselves as executives of online shopping websites.