Overview
- A police raid at Dev Villa in Nangargaon on Wednesday, October 14, led officers to arrest 20 people accused of running an unauthorised call centre.
- Investigators seized mobile phones, laptops, cash and four-wheelers with a reported total value of Rs 36.41 lakh from the premises.
- Police say the suspects posed as employees of firms such as Amazon and Google, used forged documents to gain trust, and obtained victims' bank and card details.
- The operation allegedly coerced payments by falsely claiming parcels contained narcotics and threatening fabricated legal action against targets.
- Cases have been registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Telegraph Act and Inspector Mahesh Vidhate is leading the inquiry while victim recovery and formal court charges remain pending.