13 POS agents arrested for selling fake SIM cards
Raipur. Police has got a big success under Operation Cyber Shield. 13 POS agents selling fake SIM cards for mule bank accounts have been arrested. Police said that during the investigation, information about the mobile number registered in the mule bank account involved in the crime was obtained from the concerned SIM service provider company. Based on the technical analysis of the information received, 11 Airtel company’s Ravi Mobile Durg, Shri Mobile Durg, Vandana Mobile Durg, Kulwant Mobile Ambagarh, Ajju Mobile Dongargarh, Harsh Mobile, K Vamsi Mobile Durg, Nikhilam Mobile Rajnandgaon, Sahu Online Center, Rajat Kirana Raipur, Raj Mobile Durg, Jio’s 1 Sachin Kumar Jain Point of Sale promoter who sold fake SIM cards have been arrested and sent to jail on judicial custody.
Mode of crime
The arrested accused told during interrogation that they used to activate additional SIMs through e-KYC by doing double thumb scan/eye blink of the customer taking new SIM/SIM port. And the customer who had the physical copy of the Aadhar card, they used to verify his details themselves and activate additional SIMs through DKYC. These fake SIMs were sold to brokers/promoters/operators of mule accounts who have been arrested earlier.
Details of arrested accused
(1) Kulwant Singh Chhabra father Hardeep Singh Chhabra age 21 years, address Ambedkar Ward No. 02 Ambagarh Chowki, Rajnandgaon
(2) Kheman Sahu father Komal Das Sahu age 23 years, address Ward No. 04, Kharatola, District Rajnandgaon
(3) Ajay Motghare father Shankar Motghare age 45 years, address Ward No. 08 Kalkapara, Dongargarh District Rajnandgaon
(4) Om Arya father Dev Kumar Arya age 21 years, address Sindhi Colony, near old bus stand main road Mungeli
(5) Chandrashekhar Sahu father Khilawan Sahu age 20 years, address Deendayal Nagar, Ward No. 02 Gobara Navapara, Raipur
(6) Purushottam Devangan father Radheshyam Devangan age 21 years, address Jayanti Nagar, Near Karma Bhawan, Police Station-Mohan Nagar, District-Durg
(7) Ravi Kumar Sahu father late Sharad Kumar Sahu age 26 years, address 247 ward number 12, Ram Nagar, VTC Supela, Bhilai, Post Supela, District-Durg
(8) Roshan Lal Devangan father Rajendra Devangan age 28 years, address house number 900, Kachhari ward number 39, Anandnagar, Durg district-Durg
(9) K. Shubham Soni father K. Raju Soni address ward number 06, Thethwar Para, Durg, pin code 491001
(10) K. Vanshi Soni father K. Raju Soni Address Ward No. 06, Thethwar Para, Durg
(11) Tribhuvan Singh Father DK Singh Age 28 years, Address Block LC 10 Quarter G Road 18 Camp 1 Supela Bhilai
(12) Amar Raj Keshari Father Late Daroga Prasad Keshari Age 34 years, Address 20/21 Ward No. 51 Sector 11 Bhilai
(13) Vicky Devangan Father Ishwar Ram Devangan Age 26 years, Address 229/1 Ward No. 27 Patankar Colony, Pole Saypara Durg
