Panchkula, Nov. 12 -- A local court dismissed the bail application of one of the main accused, Rai Paresh Rama Shankar, in a fake call centre racket busted on the night of August 21. According to police, the accused, a resident of Kutch, Gujarat, along with co-accused Syed Fahad-ul-Hasan, confessed to paying Rs.4 lakh (and later Rs.8 lakh) per month in bribes to sub-inspector Satish Kumar, who has since been dismissed, for allowing the illegal operation of the call centre. Earlier, a local court had rejected SI Kumar's anticipatory bail plea in September, though he was later granted relief by the high court.

The case began after police received secret information about fake call centres operating from the 2nd and 6th floors of Twin Tower...