Crime Branch of Thane Police has said that the 23 years old mastermind of the recently revealed call centre scam in Mira Road near Thane had fled out of country in the wee hours of October 5,when the crime brance teams were conducting raids at fake call centre. <br/><br/>The Crime branch teams raided seven call centres at Mira Road in adjoining Thane district, in the multi-crore scam involving cheating of US citizens by posing as officials of US Tax Department.<br/><br/>The Police raids were conducted on the night of October 4-5. Following which about 70 directors and key persons of these call centres were arrested and 700 employees were detained.<br/><br/>According to the crime branch official, during the interrogation of arrested directors, police got the name of Sagar alias Shaggy. However, by that time, Shaggy had left the country on October 5 before police could catch him. The official informed that police issued a Look Out Circular against Shaggy on October 7, two days after his escape. The official said that police suspects that he must have fled to Dubai.<br/><br/>The official also informed that as the investigation started, a key accused and Shaggy's elder sister, Reema, fled the country from Delhi on October 8 while the police are now trying to get information from immigration authorities about how both the key accused fled the country. The official said that the investigators suspect that Shaggy and his sister have massive amount collected by cheating US nationals, in their personal accounts.