The Thane police are set to freeze four bank accounts of the key accused in the Thane call-centre scam, Shahagir Thakkar and his sister Reema, along with certain other accounts of other accused people
The Thane police are set to freeze four bank accounts of the key accused in the Thane call-centre scam, Shahagir Thakkar and his sister Reema, along with certain other accounts of other accused people. Shahagir’s bank accounts are located in Ahmedabad and could contain proceeds of the extortion activities carried out by eight call centres he ran. The police has also searched the residences of around 10 of the 72 accused arrested in the case.
As part of its probe into the call-centre scam, wherein the employees of eight such units allegedly extorted US nationals in the name of their tax and immigration authorities, the Thane police are in the process of seizing the bank accounts of the main accused. The police said, “We have been checking all the details related to Shahagir Thakkar. Two of our teams have already reached Gujarat to track the money trail. Meanwhile, we have got details about some of the bank accounts in the name of Shahagir and his sister Reema. Our team has found details of four bank accounts in their name, and we have already started the process to seize those bank accounts. We have also sent a request to the banks concerned to check the transactions of the account holder.”
The police added, “We didn’t find any properties that Shahagir held in Ahmedabad or in Maharashtra. He might be spending all his money on his girlfriend and his lavish lifestyle.”
An officer also said, “The police conducted searches in the houses of 10 of the accused, including certain directors of the call centres in Mumbai. The team didn’t obtain any fruitful information, however.”
The officer added the team that has been sent to Gujarat is also searching for the merchants who sent money to Shahagir alias Shaggy (23).
