Fake call centre busted for duping US citizens on pretext of tech support

An illegal call centre operating on Sohna Road was busted on Wednesday, and two persons were arrested for allegedly duping US citizens for the past two years, police said on Thursday. Police said the suspects had been duping each victim of at least $250 ( ₹18,621.50) on the pretext of providing technical support and software development through bogus websites.

The suspects — identified as Man Mohan Singh of Uttarakhand’s Nainital and Nishant Padhiar of Jharkhand’s Tata Nagar — live in rented accommodations in sectors 38 and 48, respectively. Their aide — Sunil Kumar of Haryana’s Hisar, who was also involved in the crime, is still on the run, according to the police.