The SIT team investigating the case of use of prohibited frequency case by a city based private security agency has recovered around 80 wireless sets on Saturday. Station House Officer of Hanumanganj police Bhoopendra Singh said that 80 wireless sets were recovered on Friday. During the investigation it was found that more wireless sets are under possession of accused and were recovered later. After his arrest it was found during the investigation that the security agency was operational without authorisation, the wireless sets used were unauthorised and the accused has burnt few of the wireless sets.
The wireless sets were used for prohibited frequency due to which the accused was booked under Indian Telegraph Act 1933. He was also charged with Section 419 of the IPC and 201 of the IPC, he added. The accused is under police custody till May 19 and more arrests and important information would be obtained during the remand claims the police.
Notably, manager of a private security services was nabbed on May 8, 2015 by Hanumanganj police and recovered nine wireless sets from his possession which were illegally operational. The recovery of wireless sets was seen as a major lapse in security before the visit of the BJP national president which was scheduled on May 10 in the state capital.
Immediately a 12 member Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officials of Military Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau and Madhya Pradesh police was formed to investigate into the matter. The accused Waqar Khan owns Defend Security Services which was using excess number of wireless sets without procuring any permission and using frequency of matching to those of police and army.