Fake call centre busted in Thane, four arrested

The arrested persons were accused of cheating people by promising them interest-free loans, police said. (Representational Image)

Thane police busted a fake call centre in the city and arrested four people who had allegedly duped several people. The accused were cheating people by promising them interest-free loans, police said.

According to police, the complainant, a housewife from Shil-Daighar was cheated by the accused of Rs 4 lakh when she approached the police. “The complainant had been contacted over the phone and promised an interest-free loan of Rs 6 lakh. However, she was asked to pay facilitator fees multiple times. The money was deposited in various bank accounts, by the complainant,” an officer said.

However, when she asked for the loan to be sanctioned, the accused switched off their phones and went missing, police said. “She had by then already paid Rs 4 lakh to the accused. She realised that she had been duped and reported the crime to us,” a police officer from Shil-Daighar said.