Noida, Nov. 26 -- The Noida Police on Monday arrested three suspects linked to an alleged fake job call centre that duped unemployed youth by promising employment and extorting money, officials said.

The suspects, identified as Vishal Raghav, 26; Amir Usmani, 52; and Varun Kumar, 27, were held from Sector 16, police said. Earlier arrests of suspects identified as Anuj Kumar, 33, and Romesh Malik, 24, revealed the scheme and helped trace the accomplices, they added.

Assistant commissioner of police (Noida) Swatantra Kumar Singh said the gang bought data worth Rs.30,000 of job seekers and lured them with false promises. "They would defraud people by asking them to deposit amounts ranging from Rs.980 to Rs.2000 in the name of registration ...