Four people were held from Delhi on Wednesday for allegedly running an illegal call centre and duping people by offering them Pradhanmantri Mudra Yojna.
The arrested accused include two men and two women while the main accused is still absconding.
The accused have been identified as Sagar Sharma (28), Sonu Singh (19), Kanchan Chauhan (22) and Suman Paul (19), all residents of Delhi. The call centre was owned by the main accused identified as, Anil Joshi, who is wanted in the matter.
As per police, a complaint was lodged with the Ahmedabad Cyber cell by the victim, Sidharath Dabi, a resident of Asarwa.
He stated in his complaint that a couple of weeks ago, while he was applying for a Mudra loan, he ended up filling his details for Brij Capital website.
After this, he got a call from one of the women accused, posing as a Bank of Baroda employee, who told him to send his documents on a particular e-mail id.
A couple of days ago, the accused called Dabi again and told him that his loan has been sanctioned and he will have to pay processing charges.
Believing them, Dabi together paid Rs 1.06 lakh on different occasions in order to get the loan.
"When we got the case, we tracked the location of the accused with the help of the technical team and they were nabbed from Delhi," said an officer of the Ahmedabad Cyber cell.
Primary investigations revealed that the accused have duped around more than 300 people until now, using the same modus operandi. Further investigation is on to nab the main accused.
The accused told the victim, Sidharath Dabi, that his loan has been sanctioned and he will have to pay processing charges. In all, Dabi paid Rs 1.06 lakh on different occasions in order to get the loan