Mumbai: Thane crime branch officials, who are probing the call-centre scam, have said that accused Reema Thakkar, who was arrested on Thursday after being on the run since October 2016, had been hiding in Gujarat, changing residences frequently to keep herself off the police’s radar. The police is also checking her bank accounts to uncover a trail of investments and account details.
Police sources said that Reema, the elder sister of scam mastermind Sagar aka Shaggy Thakkar, had been switching places from Rajkot to Ahme-dabad to Surat to Jamn-agar in a bid to stay off the police’s radar after the fake call centre scam was unearthed by Thane crime branch officials in Mira Road and Bhaya-ndar. The police also said they have sought bank details and asked for the bank statements for the past three years, which will shed light on the investment and money procured by cheating overseas customers and hoarding the salaries of over 150 employees working with the call centres.
Abhishek Trimukhe, deputy commissioner of police, zone 1 of the Tha-ne police, said, “Reema’s statement is being recor-ded, and all the revelations about money laundering and cheating is being looked into to get a better clarity on the roles played by Sagar and her.”
Reema surrendered bef-ore the Thane crime bra-nch officials on Thur-sday afternoon, a mere three days after her bro-ther secured bail in the case.
