Guwahati (Assam): In a major crackdown on illegal call centres and cyber criminals, the Guwahati police have arrested three people who are suspected to be the masterminds of the scam and detained 191 others. The police have also seized a substantial quantity of electronic devices during the raid.
According to police sources, acting on intelligence inputs, the Assam Police carried out raids in various places in Guwahati. At least eight illegal call centres being run by scamsters were discovered in these raids. These call centres were involved in various fraudulent activities, targeting people, especially from abroad, through internet-based phone calls. The call centres had employees from across the country.
Talking to the media at a press conference, Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Borah said, "A tip-off was received that some scammer gangs involved in operating call centres and cheating Indian and foreign nationals by impersonation technical support staff are operational in Guwahati. Based on the inputs, more than 200 police personnel formed teams and simultaneously conducted raids at eight different locations across the city."
