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New Delhi, India, June 16, 2022 -- The Cyber Police station of North-West Delhi Police busted a call centre duping innocent people on the pretext of providing 'Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan' at discounted rates. Police have arrested three people, including the alleged kingpin, in connection with the crime. The accused targeted poor people in the name of government loan offers at discounted rates and cheated more than 200 people in the last one year.

The prime accused has been identified as Saleem Khan, who had hired two other females to run a fake call centre. The fraud came to light when a case was registered at the Cyber Police station on the complaint of Dinesh, a resident of Delhi, on May 2.

The complainant alleged that he received a message from an unknown mobile number that he would get Pradhan Mantri (PM) Mudra Loan of Rs 2 lakhs at 50 per cent discount. Thereafter, the complainant contacted him at the given mobile number and the accused asked him to send a copy of documents on WhatsApp and Rs 1200 as a registration fee. The complainant provided his documents through WhatsApp.

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Later on, the accused induced the complainant to transfer Rs 8950 in the name of insurance. The victim alleged that he was asked to transfer Rs 18,500 as other government fees to get his loan approved.

The complainant alleged that he was asked to pay more money to get his loan cleared only to realise that he had been duped. During the investigation, an enquiry was conducted into the matter and details from the concerned beneficiary bank were obtained and thoroughly scrutinised.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a location in Uttam Nagar area where a fake call centre was being operated and three people were apprehended. Police also recovered eight mobile phones, one laptop, incriminating documents and one SIM card from the centre.

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During the interrogation, it was found that the accused, Saleem Khan, was the main mastermind of this fake call centre and he hired two other females to run it. They used to publish advertisements on social media and paste posters with lucrative offers in the name of ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan’.

They used to collect documents such as Aaadhar cards, PAN cards and cancelled cheques of innocent persons on WhatsApp on the pretext of providing them with loans. Thereafter, they used to get the amount transferred in the name of clearance fee, registration fee or taxes.

Further efforts are being made to trace their possible involvement in other complaints also and their accounts details are being scrutinised.

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Posted by Veronica Silva Cusi, news correspondent
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in

Date Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022