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CBI busts illegal call centre in Lucknow; key accused arrested

The Statesman Kolkata

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November 26, 2025

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a key absconding operative involved in a major transnational cybercrime networkand busted anillegal call centre in Lucknow that was targeting US citizens.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Theaccused, Vikas Kumar Nimar, had been on the run since September 2024 after the CBI registered a case on 24 September 2024 and carried out extensive searches across multiple locations, according toan official communique of thecentral investigating agency released on Tuesday.

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