Two persons have been detained from Ahmedabad in connection with the multi-crore fake call centre scam wherein US-based taxpayers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers, police said today.
The duo was detained yesterday and are being interrogated by Thane Police, a senior police official from Thane Police Commissionerate said.
According to the official, the two are said to be close to mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy. Investigators also suspect that the duo had a vital role in running the racket.
It is also suspected that they were dealing with the money received from the US victims.
Police is currently hunting for Sagar who is believed to have fled to Gulf.
On October 16, Sagar’s alleged mentor Jagdish Kanani (33) was arrested from suburban Borivali. The con syndicate spread its tentacles nationwide including in cities like Gurgaon, Ahmedabad and Thane.
