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Delhi Police busts fake Apple call centre, 7 arrested
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: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), newindianexpress.com (neutral report), businesstoday.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
