Gurugram, July 30: The police cracked a fake call centre racket on July 28 in Gurugram. The call centre was operating in Udyog Vihar Phase 5. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the police arrested seven people, including the prime accused Suresh Waikhom, a native of Manipur for allegedly duping people by offering loans and conducting lottery fraud. A case was registered at Udyog Vihar police station. The accused were charged under sections 419 (cheating by personation) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66D and 75 of the Information Technology Act.

The accused were also produced in the district court on Saturday. According to the report, the court sentenced six accused to judicial custody, while another was remanded in police custody. A team of cyber force raided the office on Saturday morning.

Satish Kumar, assistant sub-inspector, Udyog Vihar police station, told Hindustan Times, “The accused did not have a licence to run the call centre. They were found to be duping people on the internet by offering them loans and charging them a fee for it. There were also instances of them running a lottery scam, where they would take money from people without any lottery happening for real.” The company was not registered with any name.

Earlier in July, another call centre racket from Udyog Vihar was busted by the police. The call centre was operating in the same locality. The company allegedly duped American and Canadian citizens by offering them loans at lucrative terms and tax benefits. Four people were arrested in that raid.

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