The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (STF) on Friday busted an illegal telephone exchange being operated from Noida and arrested one person, officials said.
The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and Thane Police busted a gang running a hoax telephone exchange in the Bhiwandi area of Maharashtra's Thane and detained many.
The entire racket was busted by the Military Intelligence wing of the Army s Southern Command which had intercepted the call received at the Army installation in eastern India a few weeks back. During the call, a spy from Pakistan was asking about general details while posing as a senior officer.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): In a joint operation, officials of the Military Intelligence unit of Southern Command of the Army and Anti Terrorism Cell (ATC) of Bengaluru police on Wednesday arrested two men who ran an unauthorised telephone exchange and seized a large number of devices used for converting international calls (ISD) to local calls.
Illegal SIM box exchange used to route calls for terror outfits busted in Bengaluru
Illegal SIM box exchange used to route calls for terror outfits busted in Bengaluru
Two men have been arrested for running an illegal telephone exchange in Bengaluru s BTM Layout area. Officials suspect the operation was being used to route calls from terror outfits.
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UPDATED: June 9, 2021 17:44 IST
One of the SIM boxes busted during the raids in Bengaluru s BTM Layout area (Photo Credits: Arvind Ojha/India Today)
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Arrests were made by Military Intelligence and Bengaluru Police
A SIM box can be used to route international phone calls as local calls