GUWAHATI: Five individuals have been arrested from Nagaon and Morigaon districts of Assam for allegedly supplying SIM playing cards to Pakistani brokers, a police spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday. Several cellphones, SIM playing cards and different incriminating supplies, together with a handset used to share defence data with a international embassy, have been seized, he mentioned.
Assam Police spokesperson Prasanta Bhuyan mentioned the arrests have been made throughout an operation carried out on Tuesday night time, based mostly on inputs from a central company and different sources.
“There were inputs that around 10 people from the two districts were involved in fraudulently procuring SIM cards from different service providers and supplying those to some Pakistani agents, thus working against the integrity and sovereignty of the nation,” he mentioned.
Five of the accused have been arrested on Tuesday night time, he added.
Those arrested have been recognized as Ashiqul Islam, Bodor Uddin, Mijanur Rahman and Wahiduz Zaman, all from Nagaon, and Baharul Islam from Morigaon.
Among the gadgets recovered from the arrested individuals and homes of the 5 absconding accused are 18 cellphones, 136 SIM playing cards suspected to have been procured for fraudulent functions, one fingerprint scanner, one high-tech CPU and a few paperwork resembling beginning certificates, passbooks and images.
Bhuyan mentioned that in interrogation, it was revealed that Ashiqul Islam was utilizing a cellular handset with two IMEI numbers from which a WhatsApp name was made, sharing defence data with a international embassy.
“That specific mobile phone was found in his possession. Other nabbed people were also found technically involved in this connection. A thorough interrogation is underway,” the spokesperson added.
Nagaon Superintendent of Police Leena Doley advised PTI that operations to apprehend the absconding 5 accused are underway and whether or not extra individuals have been concerned within the racket shall be recognized later.
Doley refused to determine the central company concerned within the case and maintained that varied businesses of Assam Police have been working along with Nagaon Police and the central company.
On the opportunity of the involvement of extra individuals within the racket, the SP mentioned, “Things will be clearer when we arrest the remaining five accused. Operations to nab them are on.”
“What they were up to, who were financing them and other details will be clear after a thorough interrogation,” Doley added.
