Maha Fake SIM card racket busted in Thane district two held
Thane Jan 22 PTI Two persons have been arrested and a minor detained in connection with a racket involved in generating fake SIM cards in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday A huge stock of activated black SIM cards and fabricated identity cards were seized from the accused said Yogesh Chavan deputy commissioner of police Zone-II Bhiwandi Based on a tip-off a team from the Bhoiwada police station raided a locality in Nagaon of Bhiwandi and nabbed the accused selling SIM cards to customers on Thursday he said The police have arrested Mohammad Irfan Islam Ansari 23 and Saeed Sagar Abdul Gafar Shaikh 24 while a minor has also been detained in the case he said The police have recovered 111 fake SIM cards different Aadhaar cards having the photo of one and the same person a printer KYC machine three mobile phones and 250 SIM cards of various service providers the official said The seized goods were valued at Rs 223 lakh he said An offence under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC has been registered the official said adding that further probe is underway to trace people who have been sold the SIM cards PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Jan 22 PTI Two persons have been arrested and a minor detained in connection with a racket involved in generating fake SIM cards in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday A huge stock of activated black SIM cards and fabricated identity cards were seized from the accused said Yogesh Chavan deputy commissioner of police Zone-II Bhiwandi Based on a tip-off a team from the Bhoiwada police station raided a locality in Nagaon of Bhiwandi and nabbed the accused selling SIM cards to customers on Thursday he said The police have arrested Mohammad Irfan Islam Ansari 23 and Saeed Sagar Abdul Gafar Shaikh 24 while a minor has also been detained in the case he said The police have recovered 111 fake SIM cards different Aadhaar cards having the photo of one and the same person a printer KYC machine three mobile phones and 250 SIM cards of various service providers the official said The seized goods were valued at Rs 223 lakh he said An offence under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC has been registered the official said adding that further probe is underway to trace people who have been sold the SIM cards PTI COR ARU ARU
