India, Feb. 2 -- Shivajinagar police on Friday busted a fake insurance call centre and arrested three individuals for duping people by suggesting fake policies.

After getting a tip-off, a team from Shivajinagar police station raided a call centre located in the Wakdewadi area and arrested Shankar Karoon Pokharkar (42) a resident of Katraj, Mehfooz Mehboob Siddiqui (40) a resident of Aundh and Ashish Ramdas Mankar (48) from Wagholi.

During the raid, police seized 150 SIM cards, 30 different bank accounts and chequebooks, 15 mobiles, 21 data registers, 12 ATM cards, 5 PAN cards, 2 computers and 35 fake stamps of different renowned companies.

Police investigation revealed that Pokharkar was the mastermind behind the operation.

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