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Telangana cops bust Delhi call centre, 22 held
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau raided three fraudulent call centres in Delhi's Shiva Market and arrested 21 Telugu-speaking women telecallers and a male bank account holder. The three organisers, Lalith Singh, Kuldeep…
The Story in Brief
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau raided three fraudulent call centres in Delhi's Shiva Market and arrested 21 Telugu-speaking women telecallers and a male bank account holder. The three organisers, Lalith Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Anil, are absconding. Director Shikha Goel said the network had been running for about 1.5 years, targeting victims in Telangana by impersonating NBFC representatives and demanding fake processing fees. When victims refused, the callers threatened legal action and reputational damage. The bureau seized 23 mobile phones and two bank passbooks. The centres are linked to 22 cybercrime cases across Telangana. Many of the arrested women came from Korutla, Hyderabad and Mahabubnagar.
The Indian Opinion
This bust shows police are acting, but the real test lies in the absconding organisers. The narrative that only tech-savvy men run cyber fraud ignores how women telecallers are deliberately recruited as human shields. The bigger question: how did three call centres operate for 1.5 years in central Delhi without detection? Watch how many of the three kingpins are arrested, and whether the network's trail leads beyond Delhi.
Sources (2): siasat.com, thehindubusinessline.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
