The Pune police have busted a call centre dealing with instant loan apps that offered small loans in Bengaluru and arrested 18 people involved in issuing threats and harassing defaulters, an official said on Friday.

The cyber police station in Pune has received more than 4,700 cases from 2020 to 2022, in which people complained of abuse and harassment by loan apps, Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said.