Thane: Two persons have been detained from Ahmedabad in connection with the multi-crore fake call centre scam wherein US-based taxpayers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers, police said on Tuesday.
The duo was detained on Monday and are being interrogated by Thane Police, a senior police official from Thane Police Commissionerate said.
According to the official, the two are said to be close to mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy. Investigators also suspect that the duo had a vital role in running the racket. It is also suspected that they were dealing with the money received from the US victims.
On October 16, Sagar's alleged mentor Jagdish Kanani, 33, was arrested from suburban Borivali. The con syndicate spread its tentacles nationwide including in cities like Gurgaon, Ahmedabad and Thane.
He is suspected to have helped Sagar in shaping and setting up his ventures.
Subsequently, police teams also raided and shut down five call centres in Ahmedabad which were a part of the racket.
Investigators had last week told a court in Thane that they have identified transactions worth Rs 25-30 crore in the call centre scam till now and that it will take a long time for them to arrive at the actual figure given the magnitude of the scandal.
The duo was detained on Monday and are being interrogated by Thane Police, a senior police official from Thane Police Commissionerate said.
According to the official, the two are said to be close to mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy. Investigators also suspect that the duo had a vital role in running the racket. It is also suspected that they were dealing with the money received from the US victims.
On October 16, Sagar's alleged mentor Jagdish Kanani, 33, was arrested from suburban Borivali. The con syndicate spread its tentacles nationwide including in cities like Gurgaon, Ahmedabad and Thane.
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He is suspected to have helped Sagar in shaping and setting up his ventures.
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Subsequently, police teams also raided and shut down five call centres in Ahmedabad which were a part of the racket.
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Investigators had last week told a court in Thane that they have identified transactions worth Rs 25-30 crore in the call centre scam till now and that it will take a long time for them to arrive at the actual figure given the magnitude of the scandal.
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