Jalpaiguri: Police bust illegal call centre, six women arrested

A team from New Jalpaiguri police station under the Siliguri Metropolitan Police busted an illegal call centre operating in Shaktigarh area here on Wednesday and arrested six women.

Police said the accused were running the call centre in the guise of a “friendship club” and are suspected to be fleecing people.

“We acted on specific information and conducted the raid in a building at Kathaltala in Shaktigarh. It was found that they are running an illegal call centre,” said a police officer.

During the past few months, the police here have launched a crackdown on such call centres.

A number of such places have been raided by police and arrests have been made.