Delhi Police arrested a 29-year-old registered SIM card retailer from Bihar’s Jehanabad on Saturday after a five-day operation for allegedly supplying more than 5,000 illegal SIM cards used in cyber crimes in South Asia, including China and Cambodia.
He was arrested after a complaint was lodged against Anuj Kumar on the charge of fraud of 20 lakhs. The complainant, Gautam Kumar, a representative of Starcon Infra Projects India, alleged that a person, posing as a director of the company, contacted him through WhatsApp and manipulated him into transferring money.
DCP (South East) Ravi Kumar Singh said, “We recovered 5,000 illegal SIM cards and 25 cellphones during the operation. So far, about 250 SIM cards have been found to be active. Kumar’s bank account, allegedly containing Rs 20 lakh, was frozen through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, police said.