Fake call centre busted, nine held for extorting money from foreign nationals

The police on Thursday busted a fake call centre and arrested nine people for allegedly duping foreign nationals and extorting money from them after posing as federal police officials. A laptop and eight computers were also seized during the raid, they said, adding that the accused would be produced in court.

Officers said a tip-off was received that a call centre was illegally operating from a building in DLF Phase 2, following which a raid was conducted by a joint team from the cybercrime police station and DLF Phase 2 police station under the supervision of the assistant commissioner of police, DLF.