3 held for running racket to dupe NRIs

Two Delhi University graduates and an agent for an international money transfer company have been arrested for allegedly running a racket wherein they duped NRIs residing in the UK, Delhi Police on Monday said.

The three accused have been identified as Pawan Kumar (24), Gaurav Pingolia (31) and Aman Chhabra (24), Additional DCP (EOW) Anyesh Roy said.

All of them are residents of Delhi and have worked in call centres before, added Roy.

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The trio had allegedly set up a call centre of their own and would shortlist targets using a popular job portal. They would cheat their victims by misusing the channel of the international money transfer company for which Kumar worked as a licensed agent.

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