A fake telephone server exchange that price the Department of Telecommunications a lack of almost Rs 7 lakh per day, permitting customers to make worldwide calls at native charges in the Moradabad district, has been busted
The Moradabad police, in a joint operation with BSNL officers, have busted the racket being run in the Transport Nagar space, officers mentioned. The most important accused, recognized as Owais Alam Malik, together with two different gang members –Pushpendra and Pawan Kumar — have been arrested from Noida’s Sector 62. The police had discovered a fake exchange in Noida, and through the investigation, they learnt that Malik was working an identical setup from his home in Moradabad.
A raid was performed by BSNL officers and Majhola SHO and 7 SIM bins, VOIP Gateway together with different gear used to run the telephone exchange was recovered from the home.
Malik, a resident of Moradabad, is a software program engineer and had labored at an IT agency for 10 years. He had additionally began his personal internet designing and laptop important provide work.
Officials mentioned that his two unlawful set-ups might have prompted a lack of Rs 50 crore to the federal government.
Moradabad ASP Anil Yadav mentioned, “A few days ago, UP police busted an illegal telephone exchange in Noida. Owais Alam was arrested with two others and he told the police that a similar set up was present in Moradabad.”
An FIR has been registered underneath related sections of the IPC and the Indian Telegraph Act, the ASP mentioned.
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