Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly ran a multi-crore call-diversion scam.
Police arrest man running multi-crore call-diversion scamOfficials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly ran a multi-crore call-diversion scam.
Ejaz Ahmed Butt, who was arrested from a Yari Road residence, was allegedly involved in a fraud amounting to Rs25-30 crore. Butt had established an illegal telephone exchange, which masked international calls as local calls, thereby reducing the charges for his clients.
Calls from various call centres in Jammu and Kashmir were diverted to 34 different countries without paying any money to the sole provider the service, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Butt’s arrest came after two BSNL officers, also involved in the scam, were arrested in J&K recently.
According to the city police, officials from the Vigilance Department of J&K ACB landed in the city on Friday armed with an arrest warrant issued from a local court. They had a specific tip-off that Butt was residing in a house at Yari Road in Versova, after which he was nabbed on Saturday.
“Butt, who is wanted in the BSNL scam which took place at Kargil in May this year, has been booked under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act,” said an IPS official on
condition of anonymity.
“Officials of the J&K Vigilance Department approached us with Butt’s arrest warrant and asked for assistance. After his arrest, they produced Butt in a local court in Mumbai and took him on transit remand for ten days,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone XI), VK Chaubey told DNA.
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