Rajkot: Acting on a tip off, officers of Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Rajkot city police raided a fake call centre late on January 13 night and arrested seven persons including four women from the fourth floor in Star Plaza in Phulchhab Chowk in Rajkot city.
H B Dhandhaliya, police sub-inspector (PSI) of DCB police station, Rajkot lodged a complaint on Thursday against Latif Nariwala (22), Amir Nariwala (27), Nasrulla (22), Kajal Makwana (21), Komal Pragda (24), Pooja Solanki (24) and Saistha Tumpi (22), all residents of Rajkot city, under various sections of Indian Penal Code including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and sections of Information Technology Act.
Police seized seven mobile phones, a laptop and routers and other items worth Rs 99,000 from the accused.
Women members were assigned to make the calls to lure potential customers. Police are also investigating how they used to get customers data about demat accounts. tnn