Rajkot: Acting on a tip-off, the special operation group (SOG) of Rajkot city police busted a fake call centre running from a house in Haripar village on the city’s outskirts on Wednesday.
Four persons who were running the centre and fleecing US citizens with cheap loans were arrested from the spot.
Those arrested were Sahil Od (21), a native of Ahmedabad, Manoj Sharma, a native of Uttar Pradesh, Ratan Karan (20) and Viki Sanjay (20).
“Sahil is the kingpin and they deliberately rented a house far from the city. They used to call up American citizens, offer them easy loans and later transfer money into their own accounts. They switched off their phones once the victim was fleeced,” said a police official.
Two laptops, a router and four mobile phones were also seized from them.
This is the second fake call centre busted in Rajkot city in the last two weeks. Earlier on January 14, police had booked seven people who were running a call centre in Star Plaza in the city.
“Since police started cracking down on such con call centres, operators have shifted their base from cities to villages to keep themselves away from the police radar,” an official said.