The Belagavi police on Tuesday busted a fake call centre operating in the city, which targeted US citizens for cyber fraud, and arrested 33 individuals employed at the centre. Thirty-seven laptops, 37 mobile phones and other devices used to store data were also seized.

The arrested employees hail from various states, including Gujarat (4), Rajasthan (2), Maharashtra (7), Jharkhand (4) as well as Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and West Bengal. Some of the accused have been identified as Pritesh Naveen Chandra Patel, Meeta Rajubhai Gupta, Karan Bahadur Rajput, and Harikishan Vishnu Prasad Upadhyaya – all hailing from Gujarat; and Delhi -based Ashutosh Vijay Kumar.

The incident comes after 16 people were arrested last month from a similar facility in B

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