Matigara police have arrested the main accused running an international financial fraud racket through fake call centers in Siliguri. The accused, identified as Saikat Sinha Roy, was tracked down and arrested from a rented house in the Sodepur area of North 24 Parganas district before being brought to Siliguri.
Police investigation revealed that Saikat Sinha Roy operated from Kolkata and Sodepur to control the entire network of fake call centers. Earlier, Siliguri Metropolitan Police raided Webel IT Park phase one and two and Lichubagan phase three, arresting nine people and sealing two offices. Employees at the Lichubagan IT Park revealed that Saikat used to direct the operations and targeted foreign citizens to cheat them of lakhs of rupees.
The main accused frequently changed his location and rental houses to evade police arrest. Following the arrest of nine people earlier, police gathered vital clues about Saikat during interrogation.
Police produced him in the Siliguri subdivision court and sought a 10-day remand for further questioning.