# Delhi Police busts fake Apple call centre, 7 arrested 2026-09-30T21:06:45+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Delhi Police has busted a fake Apple technical-support call centre in Naraina Industrial Area, west Delhi, that duped US residents, police said on Wednesday, 30 September. Seven people, including the alleged owner Arun and his partner Salim, have been arrested. The call centre, operating under the name Veptra, was raided after a tip-off on 25 September. The accused posed as Apple executives and told US victims their devices had viruses or pornographic content, then tricked them into buying gift cards to resolve the issue, police said. Callers used Western names and software including Eyebeam, UltraViewer and AnyDesk. Seized items include an Audi A3 car, five laptops, 12 mobile phones, routers and headphones. A first information report was registered on 26 September under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. Police are investigating the source of toll-free numbers, gift-card transactions and the money trail, DCP Hareshwar Swami said. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The three outlets report the same raid in nearly identical straight-reporting style. Hindustan Times leads with the fake Apple branding and gives the most operational detail, including the exact software used and the names of all seven accused. New Indian Express adds a second, similar case in Dwarka that was not part of the same bust. Business Today covers a separate raid in Jaipur with 14 arrests, which is a different event, it names the Jaipur Cyber Crime Unit and the items seized there. A reader relying only on Business Today would think the story is about Jaipur. The uniform core facts are the Naraina location, the seven arrests and the gift-card fraud against US residents. The key unknown remains the full scale of the network, which police say they are still tracing. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight news agency-style report with operational detail and no slant. - newindianexpress.com (neutral report) Straight report but adds a separate unrelated case in Dwarka. - businesstoday.in (neutral report) Covers a different Jaipur raid, framed as the main story. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Apple, cyber fraud, Delhi Police, Naraina Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-police-busts-fake-apple-call-centre-7-arrested/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-police-busts-fake-apple-call-centre-7-arrested/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/