Police today claimed to have busted a fake mobile SIM card racket here with the arrest of a vendor in Rajouri district of the state.
"In a major achievement, police today arrested a SIM card vendor in Saj Thanamandi who was running a fake SIM racket", a police spokesman said here.
Based on a tip-off, police raided a shop at Saj Thanamandi in Rajouri district and arrested one Waqar Ahmed Bhatti, he said.
During the search a number of SIM cards, two stamps of J&K Bank, Behrote, details of SIM issued on fake identity proofs, two mobile phones and a computer were seized, the spokesman said.
During the preliminary investigation, the accused disclosed that he had sold thousands of SIM cards on fake identity proofs on higher prices to unknown persons.
SSP Rajouri, Mubassir Latifi said that a case has been registered in this connection and further investigation is on to find out whether the accused was selling these SIM cards only for monetary benefits or had sold these items to some anti-national or anti-social elements.
He further said that the role of service providers, the recipients of these SIM cards and their subsequent use would be probed thoroughly.
