Fake call centre dupes Oz nationals, 22 arrested

Kolkata: Twenty-two persons were arrested with incriminating articles from Bankim Mukherjee Sarani in New Alipore for allegedly running a fake call centre and duping Australian citizens. The accused posed as officials of one of the world’s leading online sales companies. The fresh arrests takes the total number arrests for running fake BPOs in the city to well over a hundred in the past four months.

A court has granted six days police custody to all those arrested.

“Based on a tip off about an illegal call centre being operated at New Alipore, a joint raid was conducted by the detective department’s cyber cell and ARS. All 22 were arrested and several electronic equipment and incriminating documents were seized,” said joint CP (crime) Murlidhar Sharma.