Fake call centre being run by 7 women busted

Police said these women used to cheat job aspirants by offering them fictitious jobs with different airlines.

A fake placement agency and call centre, being run entirely by women, was busted in west Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar and seven women were arrested, police said on Monday.

Police said more than 150 people across the country have been duped in less than six months. (HT Archive)

Police said these women used to cheat job aspirants by offering them fictitious jobs with different airlines. Police said more than 150 people across the country have been duped in less than six months by these women. Several forged appointment letters of various airlines have been seized, the police said. Those arrested were identified as Sushmita (26), Chhaya (21), Akansha Sharma (21), Pooja (21), Roshni (24), Rekha (23) and Jyoti (29).

Police said they had received information last week regarding a fake placement agency that was being run through a fake call centre in Ramesh Nagar.

The complaint, received on e-mail, said the sender was cheated of ₹32,000 by the gang, which offered him a fictitious job. The information was developed and on Saturday evening, the police searched the call centre. Seven women who were found running the centre at the time were arrested. The police also recovered six phones, forged airline appointment letters and data of victims.