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The Gurugram police have busted a fake call centre which originally operated from China and Indonesia and arrested 15 people for allegedly extorting money from loan borrowers by threatening them to pay more amount, police said.

The police have recovered five laptops, 15 mobile phones and 223 SIM cards used in committing the fraud from the possession of the accused persons.

According to the police, with the help of technical assistance, they successfully apprehended the 15 accused from Sector-2, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) on Wednesday, who cheated people by intimidating them and recovering more money for the recovery of loans taken through various Chinese apps.

The accused were identified as Harman, Anjaneya Chaudhary, Arun Kumar, Sachin, Bilal Khan, Asif, Ujjwal, Salman Abbas, Suresh, Himanshu, Sunny Srivastava, Manmohan, Ripunjay, Anil and Mahender.

The police have registered a case against the suspects under relevant sections of BNS, including the IT Act, at the Cybercrime (East) police station.

During police questioning, it was found that the accused worked for a company named Dialback Private

Limited.

(editor@dailyworld.in)