Investigating a case of cyber fraud, Thane Police busted an illegal call center in Uttar Pradesh and arrested the main accused after a car chase on the Lucknow-Barabanki highway.
A senior official gave this information here on Monday. Zone-I Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Subhash Barse said that a woman resident of Mumbra in Thane district had lodged an FIR in October last year, stating that a man had duped her of Rs 13.54 lakh through a marriage-related website. For.
“The person created a fake profile and described himself as a successful diamond and jewelery businessman based in America,” the DCP said. “With time, he won the trust of the victim and convinced her to give him a huge amount of money on various pretexts, including emergency funds on the pretext of an accident.”
Through digital information, the police reached 24-year-old salon operator Zaid Ful Khan of Bhopal. He told all the things about the alleged ‘mastermind’ named Lucknow businessman Ejaz Ahmed Imtiaz Ahmed.
The police officer said that based on information received from a 12-year-old tea seller, the police detected the illegal call centre. “When the suspect realized the presence of the police, he tried to flee in his sports utility vehicle (SUV), following which the police gave him a high-speed chase on the Lucknow-Barabanki highway,” he said. After chasing him for six kilometers, the police caught him and confiscated his vehicle.
Police recovered nine laptops, routers and mobile phones from him. After the suspect was produced before a magistrate, he has been sent to police custody till January 22.
