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Rs 261-crore US call centre fraud: ED arrests 4 in Punjab’s Patiala, takes them to Hyderabad

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Police have registered a case against four individuals accused of impersonating officials of the Cyber Crime Department and extorting ₹50,000 from a man in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar. The complaint was lodged at Batmaloo police station by a resident, prompting authorities to begin an investigation into the alleged fraud.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four persons from Patiala in connection with an international fraud racket that allegedly cheated several US citizens through call centres operating in Patiala, Chandigarh, Mohali and Hyderabad. The accused, identified as Harshil Nayanbhai Raval, Jaswant…

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