FAKE CALL CENTRE BUSTED FROM UTTAMNAGAR IN DELHI
New Delhi, February 26
The Delhi Police Shahdara District busted a fake call centre that allegedly cheated people with lucrative offers on credit cards. The police have arrested three persons including the mastermind from Uttamnagar in Delhi.
The accused were identified as Mohit Kumar (27) of Rajapuri, Karan Goel (21) of Qutub Vihar and Sawan (21) of Chawla Delhi.
Add DCP Shahdara Guguloth Amrutha stated that police seized eight bank accounts of the accused, eight SIM cards, one tablet and six mobile phones.
The police had received a complaint from Kanhiya Jha that he received a call from a credit card department who gave hima lucrative offer in order to waive off GST and other taxes on his Credit card. Under the false assurance of the gang, complainant disclosed his card details and OTP. Later on, Rs 30000/ were got deducted from the credit card of the complainant.
During the course of investigation, the police collected all the relevant documents/information regarding the incident.
After analyzing the details of the alleged mobile number and account numbers, it was learnt that the cheated amount is transferred in Payzapp wallet account which was registered on the name of Sawan. The amount was further transferred to their Paytm and PNB bank accounts.
The police said the accused Mohit Kumar is mastermind of the gang. The gang used to call customers who recently took credit cards. They used to give lucrative offer to waive off GST and other taxes on credit cards and took the credit card details and OTP from the customers.
The accused has been booked for cheating and fraud while further investigation is on to find other victims they allegedly duped.
