Fake call centre kingpin wanted by ED, CID, Kolkata Police, held

KOLKATA: Kunal Gupta, who cops say is the kingpin behind multiple international fake call centres in Kolkata and Bidhannagar, and who is wanted in different cases by law enforcement agencies including ED, Kolkata Police and CID, was arrested by Bidhannagar Police outside CGO Complex in Salt Lake on Saturday, moments after he had come out after an ED questioning. Bidhannagar cops didn’t press for his police remand, but state CID did and were awarded six days of custody by a Salt Lake court.

Calcutta High Court had passed an order on June 26 asking ED not to take any coercive measure against Gupta till August 28, which prompted him to return to India from Dubai and appear before ED four times between August 11 and 16.