GUWAHATI: Five individuals have been arrested in Nagaon and Morigaon districts of Assam for allegedly offering SIM playing cards to Pakistani officers, a police spokesman stated on Wednesday. Several cell phones, SIM playing cards and different incriminated tools, together with a handset used to share protection data with a international embassy, have been seized, he stated.
Assam police spokesman Prasanta Bhuyan stated the arrests have been made in an operation carried out on Tuesday night, based mostly on data from a central company and different sources.
“There have been reports that about ten people from the two districts have been involved in fraudulent purchase of SIM cards from different service providers and provided them to some Pakistani agents, thus working against the integrity and sovereignty of the nation,” he stated.
Five of the defendants have been arrested on Tuesday night, 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 objects recovered from the arrestees and the houses of the 5 fugitives are 18 cell phones, 136 SIM playing cards suspected of getting been bought for fraudulent functions, a fingerprint reader, a high-tech processor and a few paperwork comparable to delivery certificates, booklets and images.
Bhuyan stated throughout interrogation it was revealed that Ashiqul Islam was utilizing a cellphone with two IMEI numbers from which a WhatsApp name was made, sharing protection data with a international embassy.
“This specific cell phone was found in his possession. Other apprehended individuals were also found technically involved in this connection. A thorough interview is ongoing,” the spokesperson added.
Nagaon Police Superintendent Leena Doley informed PTI that operations to apprehend the 5 fugitives are ongoing and whether or not anybody else was concerned within the racketeering shall be identified later.
Doley declined to determine the central company concerned within the case and maintained that numerous companies of Assam Police have been working with Nagaon Police and the central company.
On the opportunity of extra individuals being concerned within the racketeering, the SP stated, “Things will become clearer when we arrest the five remaining defendants. Operations to arrest them are underway.”
“What they were doing, who was funding them, and other details will become clear upon careful questioning,” Doley added.
