J&K: Cyber Police bust fake call centres, 23 arrested for duping people

Srinagar: Cyber Police Kashmir has busted fake call centres and arrested 23 persons who allegedly duped people by impersonating as executives of e-commerce companies on Wednesday (January 13).

Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar received information through reliable sources that some fake call centres are running in Kashmir Valley and accordingly the investigation into the instant matter was taken up by them.

SP Tahir Saleem ( cyber cell ) said “During the course of the investigation, it is revealed that some individuals are impersonating as executives of multinational companies under the garb of bogus international call centres and are duping innocent citizens by offering them technical support and solutions to their software problems.