Bhubaneswar: The main accused in the Odisha SIM box case Raju Mandal shall be taken on two-day remand starting on Friday. On August 20, the Commissionerate Police along with Laxmisagar Police and accused Raju Mandal reached Ranchi and unearthed more facts to the case.
The raid was conducted with the active cooperation and support from Ranchi police, the team located the rented house of Haji Sohel Malik Maulana Azad Colony, Lane no 15, near Manan Chowk under Namkum PS.
Raju Mandal had taken the house on rent with monthly rent is Rs 7500. Mandal had set up the SIM boxes. He used to visit the place once a week to maintain electricity, internet, and replace the inactive SIM cards.
Asadur Zaman had got the SIM boxes delivered in West Bengal to Raju Mandal. Then Raju had taken the SIM boxes to Ranchi by Train and set up the SIM boxes as per direction of Asadur.
Asadur used to send money through Hundi to Raju for the expenses. All the SIM cards are pre activated AIRTEL sims from West Bengal. Asadur had procured the SIMs and got those delivered through code word to Raju.
On August 19, the Commissionerate Police busted the SIM box racket in Rajendra Nagar area of Cuttack City based on input of Raju Mondal of West Bengal. A total of five SIM Boxes, 236 active SIM cards, 310 extra SIMS cards, 40 SIM carriers, one modem, two routers, Airtel broadband and 1 wooden rack were seized during the raid.
The Commissionerate Police took the accused on a five-day remand to interrogate him and extract more information about the racket from him. Based on his inputs, the police visited Ranchi and seized several devices including five SIM Boxes from the rented house of Mondal.
