Surat SGO arrests one for selling pre-active sim cards

Surat: Special Operation Group of Surat Police arrested one Vagatram Modaji Mali who is originally from Rajasthan for selling pre-active sim cards to customers without identity proof.

Mali runs a shop in Punagam area under the title of Solanki Mobile.

In a unique modus operandi, when customers with identity proof would come to Mali’s shop for purchase of sim card, Mali would take customer’s thumb impression for issuance of sim card. By taking extra thumb impressions, Mali would activate more than one sim cards in customer’s name without his/her knowledge and later sell extra sim cards to someone who has no identity documents for higher rate. Mali would sell such sim cards as pre-active ones and charge extra. Such pre-active sim cards would be used possibly by criminals.

Police recovered two pre-active sim cards and other documents that were to be used for making more pre-active sim cards.

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