Call centre racket busted, 19 held

Surat: The prevention of crime branch of Surat city police busted a call centre in Jahangirpura area on Monday and arrested 19 persons from the spot. However, the owners of the call centre are yet to get arrested.
The accused were held from the third floor of Green Aristo Plaza on Vaishnodevi Canal Road during a raid. Police also booked Vikash alias Vicky Mehta and his sister Neha for allegedly running the call centre. The duo are yet to be arrested.
Investigation revealed that the accused used to make calls and send messages to individual offering schemes to invest in the forex market. The accused used to cheat the investor by offering them attractive schemes, police informed.
Cops recovered 56 mobile phones, eight laptops, four desktop computers and one IPad from the spot.