Pune, 26th May 2026: Pune Police busted a major interstate fraud racket linked to a fake Dubai call center, with two accused arrested from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The accused allegedly cheated a Pune-based entrepreneur of ₹70.85 lakh by promising to establish international call center operations in Dubai.
The arrested accused have been identified as 23-year-old Khushi Kaushal Parmar alias Sanvi Shah from Rajkot and 32-year-old Tushar Mahesh Kumar Talpada alias Tushar Patel from Ahmedabad. Police have also booked four other accomplices who are currently believed to be staying in Dubai.
According to police, the complainant, a 32-year-old entrepreneur from Wagholi, operates a call center in the Kharadi area and was looking to expand his business. Taking advantage of this, the accused contacted him claiming that a Dubai-based project development consultancy company helped clients establish international call centers.
The accused further claimed that an Ahmedabad-based firm named 'PromoteUp' acted as a mediator for such projects. They allegedly lured the businessman with promises of starting food delivery and car rental call centers in Dubai and collected ₹70.85 lakh from him over multiple transactions.
However, despite receiving the money, no project was started. When the accused began avoiding communication and delaying the work, the complainant realized he had been cheated and approached Kharadi Police Station.
During the investigation, police discovered that the accused were pretending to operate from Dubai while actually running an unauthorized fake call center from Ahmedabad under the name 'PromoteUp HR Solution'.
Acting on instructions from Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Patil, a police team led by Senior Inspector Sanjay Chavan and Sub-Inspector Rahul Kolpe raided the Ahmedabad office and arrested the two accused. Police also seized laptops, mobile phones, CCTV DVR systems, and documents containing fake call center scripts during the operation.
Senior Inspector Sanjay Chavan said the remaining four accused are Indian nationals currently residing in Dubai. Since the financial transactions were routed through Dubai-based bank branches, lookout notices have been issued against them. Police believe further investigation may reveal more victims and additional details connected to the racket.
