Siliguri, Sept. 11 -- The Siliguri Metropolitan Police conducted simultaneous raids on two IT parks in Matigara around 2 a.m. on Friday amid heavy rain and arrested nine persons, including four women, for their alleged involvement in illegal call centre operations.

Acting on specific information about alleged illegal activities, a large police team of around 150-200 personnel cordoned off the two IT parks and launched searches simultaneously after splitting into two groups. Senior police officers also took part in the operation.

Police sources said they had been collecting information about the alleged illegal call centres for several days before acting on the specific inputs. Some employees reportedly tried to flee when the police teams ...