The women and narcotics squad of the central crime branch (CCB) have registered a case against the illegal Sim card sellers based on a complaint by the deputy director-general of the telecom enforcement.
Seven persons of an alleged illegal subscriber identity module (Sim) card racket were arrested in the city, the police said on Tuesday.
The women and narcotics squad of the central crime branch (CCB) have registered a case against the illegal Sim card sellers based on a complaint by the deputy director-general of the telecom enforcement, resource and monitoring (TERM) cell of the department of telecommunications.
The police said that a complaint was lodged with the state director-general of police and with the police commissioner of the city, that some mobile service providers were violating the norms while distributing Sim cards among customers, by issuing multiple Sim cards to several persons based on a single ID proof.
This posed a threat to national security, he stated in the complaint, while requesting legal action against the persons involved in the fake Sim card racket. The case was transferred to the CCB following which seven persons were arrested.
The accused were identified as Suresh, 40, of Magic and TouchTone Distribution in Indiranagar, Samasekhar, 39, of Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises in Malleshpalya, Siddiq, 23, of Soil Enterprises in Marathahalli, Govinda, 36, of SPJ Enterprises in Electronics City, S Vahid, 64, of Vahid Traders in Shivajinagar, Mahaveer, 30, of Raddhisiddhi Mobiles at BVK Iyengar Road and Sunil Kumar Tiwari, 49, of Sree Harshu Electronics in Wilson Garden.
As many as 17 cases have been registered against the seven accused at Indiranagar, Malleswaram, HAL, Audugodi, Magadi Road, Yeshwanthpur, Bharathinagar, JB Nagar, Upparpet, Madivala, Basaveshwaranagar, Ashoknagar and Wilson Garden police stations.
Joint commissioner of police (crime) Alok Kumar said that the investigation into the illegal Sim card racket will continue. Several anti-social elements bought Sim cards for their operations and discarded them after their purpose was fulfilled. The TERM cell has lodged a complaint against several prominent mobile service providers.
Assistant commissioner of police (women and narcotics squad) R Lakshman said that the police have served a notice to these companies to avoid such illegal Sim card distribution.
The investigation revealed that the Sim card distributors had sold as many as 400 Sim cards in a single name, without verifying the ID poofs or the status of the Sims .
About 478 Sim cards were issued under the address and ID proof of Uma, 336 Sims under the name of Sayeeda Asma Khan, 336 Sims under the name of Muruga, 327 under the name of Mahesh Kumar, 297 cards in the name of Shanappa, 265 Sims under Sayeeda Khaleen, 260 Sims under Venkatamma, 114 under Ramesh Babu, 112 under Nadeem and 38 under Mubaraq Pasha.
The police found that the accused sold the illegal Sim cards from March 2009 to July 2010. A team led by Alok Kumar and deputy commissioner of police (crime) DM Krishnamraju and ACP Lakshman is investigating the case.
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