Commissionerate Police detect immovable & movable properties worth crores in International fake call centre racket  

Ludhiana, December 21, 2022: The Commissionerate Police Ludhiana have detected immovable, moveable properties worth several crores besides bank accounts containing lakhs of rupees belonging to kingpin of the international fake call center busted on December 18.

Commissioner of Police (CP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said that during questioning of kingpin Ankush Bassi it was found that immovable properties including a multistory house in sector-32, Chandigarh road, amounting Rs 1.21 crore, a house of Rs 50 lakh at Isher Nagar near GNE College, a multistory house amounting Rs 80 lakh in Passi Nagar, firm in the name of Balaji Infotech and WebConcierge Co sole proprietor belonging to Bassi. He said that process to attach these properties would also be initiated as per law. 

Besides, Mahindra Thar Jeep, Hyundai Creta and cash in various bank accounts including ICICI Bank at Feroz Gandhi Market (Rs 16 lakh), IDBI Bank at Phullawal Branch (Rs 80000), IDBI Bank at Phullawal Branch (Rs 80000), Kotak Mahindra Bank (Rs 4 Lakh), Axis Bank at Dugri (Rs 10 Lakh) and Axis Bank at Dugri (Rs 2.62 lakh) will also be seized. 

He said that Ankush Bassi along with his team was running an illegal call centre through which they were duping foreign nationals. Through the internet, they used to send bulk emails stating that money was deducted from their accounts by mistake and they would refund it. Then, they used to share a toll-free number for its reversal. On call, they were posing themselves as Paypal Customer Supporters and used to get their bank details. 

Commissioner of Police also added that the Ludhiana police would share above mentioned details with Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department for detailed probe in this case