Car On Discount Promise Used To Dupe Hundreds, 7 Arrested: Delhi Police

The accused, including five women, originally hail from Tamil Nadu and primarily targeted Tamil-origin customers by posing as executives of an e-commerce website, officials said.

The Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre running in Rohini and arrested seven people for allegedly duping hundreds by obtaining their bank account details on the promise of providing them with an SUV by paying just 1 per cent GST of its cost, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, including five women, originally hail from Tamil Nadu and primarily targeted Tamil-origin customers by posing as executives of an e-commerce website, they said. They have been running the call centre for years but had stopped their operations during the lockdown. Last month, they reopened the centre and started collecting data of customers, especially those belonging to Tamil Nadu through the e-commerce website, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said, "On Monday, Sub-Inspector Manoj Kataria got information about a fake call centre being operating from the second floor of the premises at sector-8, Rohini and that the accused duped people by obtaining their bank details on the pretext that they have won a Mahindra XUV 500 worth Rs 12,80,000 but they will have to pay 1 per cent GST i.e Rs 12,800 to avail the benefit".