Overview

• Cyber Crime South officers raided the Udyog Vihar Phase-5 basement on Friday after technical intelligence and tip-offs flagged numbers used to lure victims.
• Eleven suspects were detained on the spot, including owner Piyush Kumar; seven men were sent to judicial custody and four women joined the probe, with police reporting their release on bail.
• Investigators seized 13 mobile phones, 54 boxes of counterfeit capsules, and 35 oil spray bottles used in the operation.
• Leads were captured through Instagram and Facebook ads and follow-up forms, after which callers posed as doctors to secure online payments for fake medicines.
• Interrogations described pills sourced in Delhi for Rs 50–100 and resold for over Rs 2,000, with employees on Rs 15,000–20,000 salaries plus a 3% commission, as the probe widens to upstream suppliers and money flows.