All the arrested individuals have been booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) together with dishonest and forgery, and extra arrests are doubtless.
The accused obtained and activated SIM playing cards by utilizing cast Aadhaar playing cards and different identification paperwork and used these cellular numbers for private beneficial properties, the official mentioned.
As many as 13 individuals had been arrested in Mumbai over final three days for activating SIM playing cards with the assistance of faux paperwork, police mentioned on Saturday. Police additionally seized 2,197 SIM playing cards from their possession in addition to 4 laptops and 60 cellphones, mentioned an official. Raids had been carried out within the jurisdictions of V P Road, D N Nagar, Malabar Hill, Sahar and Bangur Nagar police stations in the course of the operation, he mentioned. Those arrested included SIM card sellers, brokers and name centre house owners who used such SIM playing cards. Mumbai police took motion after receiving details about these practises from the Department of Telecom (DoT), the official mentioned.
The accused obtained and activated SIM playing cards by utilizing cast Aadhaar playing cards and different identification paperwork and used these cellular numbers for private beneficial properties, the official mentioned.
All the arrested individuals have been booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) together with dishonest and forgery, and extra arrests are doubtless, he added.
(*13*)Navneet Vyasan
