Mumbai: Call centre that posed as finance firms and defrauded loanees busted, 11 arrested

The Mumbai Police on Monday raided a fake call centre in Ghatkopar and arrested 11 people, including six women, for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of settling their loans for less than half the outstanding amount.

The group took advantage of the situation caused by the pandemic and after acquiring the list of borrowers from different banks and institutions, they approached the loanees by posing as executives from these institutions and defrauded them of cash, police said.

According to the police, the fake call centre, which is based at Kailash Esplanade in Ghatkopar, started operating in April after the nationwide lockdown was announced by the government.