Uttar Pradesh / Moradabad : Two arrested for running illegal telephone exchange, used to cheat the government by converting Saudi Arabia’s call into local
In the name of getting the Indians living in Saudi Arabia to talk about cheap call rates, the work of defrauding the Indian government was being done. Majhola police station raided Azad Nagar and caught illegal telephone exchange from a house. Police arrested two accused in this case. Seven SIM boxes, one laptop, nine ATMs, 557 mobile SIMs along with Rs 63 thousand cash were recovered from the arrested accused. The police sent both the accused to jail after producing them in the court.
Giving information in Police Line Auditorium, SP City Akhilesh Kumar Bhadauria said that on the basis of confidential information, police and SOG team raided Bhure Islam’s residence in Azad Nagar, Majhola. During this, the police caught the illegal telephone exchange in the residence. Police arrested Muhammad Kadeem and Muhammad Mehraj resident of Domghar police station Kundarki while operating the telephone exchange. Both the accused are real brothers. During interrogation of the accused, it was found that he was operating the telephone exchange for the last four months. The accused used to convert VoIP calls into GSM calls through SIM boxes. A large number of BSNL and Airtel company SIMs, seven SIM boxes, cash worth Rs 63 thousand have been recovered from the accused. A case has been registered against the accused and sent to jail.
AC and bike mechanic were working together
CO Civil Lines Ashutosh Tiwari told that Muhammad Mehraj has passed the BA examination, while his brother Muhammad Kadeem has failed Inter. In which Kadim used to work as a bike mechanic, while Mehraj is a mechanic of AC. Both the brothers were working together to run the telephone exchange. In March, the offer of work was received from Saudi Arabia: According to the police, Muhammad Mehraj had gone to Saudi Arabia in the month of March this year. There a person offered him to run a telephone exchange. During this, Mehraj had come back to Moradabad after his health deteriorated in Saudi Arabia. After coming here, he started working by setting up a telephone exchange in the house of his maternal uncle Bhure Islam.
Money used to come in the account from Saudi Arabia
The person found in Saudi Arabia in operating the fake telephone exchange used to send money to both the accused in the account. According to the police, 20-20 thousand rupees used to come in their accounts every month. Along with this internet, house rent money was given separately.
