NEW DELHI: The crime branch has busted one of the biggest friendship-cum-masseur club racket with the arrest of 16 women aged between 18 and 28 years and two businessmen.
For any unsuspecting resident of Dwarka and Uttam Nagar, their two offices - functioning out of suave rented premises - were call centres that paid each of the employees - all well-conversant in English -around Rs 12,000 per month and other attractive incentives. But that was till Friday when the special investigating team (SIT) carried out raids on the premises and unearthed documents with information of Rs 35 lakh in 24 accounts in nine banks.
Surender (28) and Nikesh Kumar (24), the owners of VIP Friendship Club, and the young women - including college students and school dropouts - were arrested for allegedly duping "clients" from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Cops said during its six-month operation, the gang had duped more than 500 men.
"They advertised in the daily newspapers and gave the telephone numbers on which they could be contacted. The racketeers exploited the human frailties for the successful operation of the racket," said Ashok Chand, deputy commissioner of police, crime.
Sources said the daily income of the gang was above Rs 50,000. Additional DCP (crime) Joy Tirkey said: "One of the accused, Nikesh, was duped by one such gang earlier and decided to form a similar gang himself. We also found that the young women were given proper appointment letters and their interviews were conducted at the Janakpuri district centre."
The modus operandi was simple. "Whenever they received a call, they used to tell the caller that they would have to get themselves registered. They would be given a bank account number, too. Once the money was deposited, it was withdrawn by the fraudsters within an hour. While clients from UP and Uttarakhand had to pay Rs 2,500, Delhiites had to shell out Rs 4,000," said Tirkey.
"The girls would then hand over two phone numbers to the clients and ask them about the type of membership they would like to choose - Rs 3,000 to talk to college girls and housewives, Rs 5,000 for MBAs and doctors, or Rs 8,000 for models and airhostesses. This money had to be deposited in another account," Tirkey said. "These girls continued to fleece the caller till he became suspicious. Then they stopped taking the calls," Chand said.
For any unsuspecting resident of Dwarka and Uttam Nagar, their two offices - functioning out of suave rented premises - were call centres that paid each of the employees - all well-conversant in English -around Rs 12,000 per month and other attractive incentives. But that was till Friday when the special investigating team (SIT) carried out raids on the premises and unearthed documents with information of Rs 35 lakh in 24 accounts in nine banks.
Surender (28) and Nikesh Kumar (24), the owners of VIP Friendship Club, and the young women - including college students and school dropouts - were arrested for allegedly duping "clients" from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Cops said during its six-month operation, the gang had duped more than 500 men.
"They advertised in the daily newspapers and gave the telephone numbers on which they could be contacted. The racketeers exploited the human frailties for the successful operation of the racket," said Ashok Chand, deputy commissioner of police, crime.
Sources said the daily income of the gang was above Rs 50,000. Additional DCP (crime) Joy Tirkey said: "One of the accused, Nikesh, was duped by one such gang earlier and decided to form a similar gang himself. We also found that the young women were given proper appointment letters and their interviews were conducted at the Janakpuri district centre."
The modus operandi was simple. "Whenever they received a call, they used to tell the caller that they would have to get themselves registered. They would be given a bank account number, too. Once the money was deposited, it was withdrawn by the fraudsters within an hour. While clients from UP and Uttarakhand had to pay Rs 2,500, Delhiites had to shell out Rs 4,000," said Tirkey.
"The girls would then hand over two phone numbers to the clients and ask them about the type of membership they would like to choose - Rs 3,000 to talk to college girls and housewives, Rs 5,000 for MBAs and doctors, or Rs 8,000 for models and airhostesses. This money had to be deposited in another account," Tirkey said. "These girls continued to fleece the caller till he became suspicious. Then they stopped taking the calls," Chand said.
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