Police today raided a call centre here and arrested two of its directors for allegedly duping several youths under the pretext of providing them placements, a senior official said.
The joint raid was conducted by personnel of the Madhya Pradesh Police and their Nagpur counterparts.
Additional Superintendent of Police Rashmi Mishra said Dharmendra Rathore (31) and Pravesh Tiwari (23), both directors of the call centre located in MP Nagar area, allegedly cheated job aspirants by calling them over phone and asking them to deposit money in their bank accounts online.
Rathore and Tiwari had allegedly duped youths in Nagpur by adopting a similar modus operandi, she said, adding the Nagpur Police had booked them earlier.
A case was today registered against the duo under relevant sections of the IPC and Information Technology (IT) Act, the officer said, adding that further investigation is on.
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