At a meeting with telecom operators, ADG Law and Order Arun Kumar said that as per their analysis 20 to 30 per cent sim cards of different operators were issued on fake identity proofs.
"Sim cards on fake identity are also used by terrorists and unscrupulous elements causing problems to investigating agencies to trace the real user", IG, STF Ashish Gupta said and asked the telecom companies to prepare a data base of pre-activated sims issue to vendors.
"The details of all the pre-activated sims not used within reasonable time should be sent to SSP, STF for verification," he said.