Mohali, July 11 -- A fake call centre, operating from Industrial Area Phase 8B, was busted with the arrest of six persons on Wednesday.

The accused had allegedly duped foreign nationals of nearly Rs.16 lakh through a fake tech-support scam.

This is the fourth such call centre to be busted in the last month.

According to police officials, the centre, which had been operational for the last 8 to 10 days, was in the name of Rohit Mehra, who is among those arrested. Others arrested were identified as Jitesh Kumar of Ludhiana, Anvar Rodrix of Goa, Somdev and Anthony of Kolkata, and Budha Bhushan Kamle of Pune. The alleged mastermind, Alex, is absconding.

The accused were sent to a five-day police remand, during which their backgrounds will...