New Delhi Mar 28 PTI The police has busted a fake call centre and arrested eight persons for allegedly duping foreign nationals by posing as members of the technical support team of Amazon and PayPal officials said on MondayThe call centre was running in Delhis Jamia Nagar area they saidTen mobile phones seven laptops six keyboards six computer monitors four CPUs and one WiFi router with modem have been seized by the police officials saidAfter receiving a tip-off about the fake international call centre the police conducted a raid at the premises The accused tried to escape but they were later arrested police saidTwo accused including the owner of the call centre were apprehended from their residence Further investigation is underway to nab the associates of the accused said Esha Pandey Deputy Commissioner of Police Southeast DistrictThe accused told the police that they ran the centre to earn a quick buck officials saidThe accused disclosed that they had duped several people mostly US citizens by posing as executives of Amazon Inc and Paypal police saidElaborating about their modus operandi the accused told the police that they managed to get fake ads of tech support containing their virtual toll-free numbers displayed on top of the browsed pages officials saidIn lieu of providing tech support the accused made the victims purchase a fake antivirus and the payment was received via gift cards of Amazon Google Pay Target etc police saidSo far transaction of approximately Rs 35 Lacs have been verified from the computer seized from the centre police added PTI AVS TDS TDS
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): A 13-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a road accident after a speeding car rammed into an auto-rickshaw on Baba Banda Singh Bahadur flyover in the national capital on Friday.
New Delhi Feb 22 PTI A 19-year-old man was rescued after three men posing as police officers kidnapped him officials said on TuesdayThe three accused -- Sajid 27 Vakil 27 and Taibbhar Ali 49 -- has been arrested they said adding that the ransom amount of Rs 194000 two motorcycles and fake police ID cards have been recovered from their possession To earn a quick buck the three accused planned to kidnap the victim on Friday and followed him The accused stopped him and introduced themselves as police officers Esha Pandey Deputy Commissioner of Police Southeast saidThey told the victim that they had received a complaint against him and asked him has to come with them to the Janakpuri police stationThey then took him to Lohiya pul in southeast Delhi and asked him to call his aunt to bring the ransom money she saidThe matter came to light when victims aunt approached police on Monday after the victim was kidnapped and a ransom of Rs 2 lakh was demanded officials saidA case was registered under section 364 Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder 506 Punishment for criminal intimidation and 34 Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of the Indian Penal Code at Jaitpur police station officials saidThe victim had called his aunt and told her to come to Lohiya Pul with the ransom amount Accordingly she was sent to Lohiya Pul in an auto along with the ransom amount The police team laid a trap near Lohiya Pul to nab the kidnappers the senior police officer saidThe police team acted swiftly and apprehended one of the kidnappers after he brought the victim to Lohiya Pul officials saidHowever the other two accused who were at a distance managed to escape the senior police officer said adding that the other two accused were later apprehended from their residence in LoniThe victim was rescued and all accused persons were arrested following prompt response of the police team the police added PTI AMP TDS TDS
New Delhi Oct 25 PTI A tempo driver was killed while three others including a minor boy were severely injured after a speeding SUV hit their vehicle in southeast Delhis Kalkaji police said on MondayThe tempo driver identified as Radhey Shyam received serious head injuries and was shifted to trauma centre where he was declared brought dead they saidThe accident took place on the stretch between Nehru Place to Okhla carriageway on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday police saidThe accused driver Aaditya Khurana 25 of the offending vehicle was found to be under the influence of alcohol during the time of the accident He was later arrested they saidDeputy Commissioner of Police southeast Esha Pandey said an information was received at 152 am on Monday regarding the accident at Outer Ring RoadPTI AMP SRY
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