January 18, 2026 08:05 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
From Malda to the nation: PM Modi unveils India’s Vande Bharat sleeper | War zone Beldanga: Highway blocked, reporters attacked in migrant death protests | Can a Nobel Peace Prize be given away? Committee breaks silence after Machado hands over medal to Trump | Europe scrambles troops to Greenland as Trump’s takeover push triggers Arctic power showdown | Nobel drama: Venezuelan leader presents Peace Prize to Trump | Iran protests turn fatal for Canadian citizen, Foreign Minister confirms | Major blow to Mamata! SC stays FIRs, flags state meddling in central probe as ‘serious issue’ | Supreme Court snub shocks Vijay’s Jana Nayagan, release now in deep trouble | Trump tariff bomb on Iran trade: Tharoor flags existential crisis for Indian exporters | 'Mobocracy in court?': SC explodes over Calcutta HC chaos in ED vs Mamata showdown
Fake Call Centre
Image: Wallpaper Cave

Kolkata: Fake call centre targeting UK people busted

| @indiablooms | Jan 06, 2023, at 08:25 pm

Kolkata: A gang of fraudsters involved in cheating the UK people through their fake call center has been arrested by Kolkata Police.

The city police after getting complaints swung into action, following a clue, raided the illegal call centre at Coach Pukur under the Leather Complex police station on Wednesday evening and seized incriminating documents after arresting 16 suspects from their hideout.

Among the arrested, three were women, police added.

Police also seized laptops, mobiles phone sets, notebooks and atm cards from the nabbed people.

On Friday, all sixteen will appear in court for judicial proceedings.

(With UNI inputs)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.