New Delhi, July 20 (UNI) With the arrest of four per- sons, the Delhi Police have unearthed a multi-crore Chinese loan application racket that was extorting money from people across India, an official said on Wednesday. The four accused have been identified as Anil Kumar (35), Alok Sharma (24), Avnish (22), and Kan- nan (35). Apart from these four, the police have also issued notices to 149 per- sons who were part of a fake call center. Furnishing details, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer District), Brijendra Kumar Yadav, said a complaint was lodged by a man on the NCRP portal, alleging that after getting lured by an advertisement on Facebook regarding the hassle-free loan of Rs50,000, he had downloaded a loan app by the name of ‘On Stream’. “While downloading this app, it prompted the complainant to give access to his phone’s contacts, gallery, etc., which he did. He was granted a loan of Rs 6,870 following which the accused persons start- ed harassing him using his contacts and photographs stored in the gallery of his cellphone,” the DCP said. To get rid of this problem, the victim paid Rs 1 lakh to the accused persons, but they kept on sending him derogatory messages demanding more money. “The family was under great trauma,” the officer said.
Based on the complaint, the Cyber Police Station registered an FIR under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and began investigating the matter. Later, Sections 384 (punishment for extortion) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) were added to the FIR. During the course of the investigation, technical surveillance was used which helped trace the culprits near the Ramphal Chowk in Dwarka.
“The police found that a big call center was being run from a building in Sector 7, Dwarka, for the past two years in the name of Fly High Global Services and Technology,” Yadav said. Subsequently, the police conducted a raid and it was found that the whole syndicate was be- ing run by Anil kumar, the mastermind, through 134 female telecallers.
