With the arrest of four men, the sleuths of Delhi Police have busted an illegal international telephone exchange in central Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area. Police said that the exchange used to convert internet-based international calls into voice calls resulting in revenue loss of Rs 103 crores to the Government, the police said.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Irfan alias Rajji (37), a resident of Seelampur, Irfan Ali (48), Zulfiqar Ali (48) and his son Areeb Ali (22), all residents of residents of Sita Ram Bazar in Delhi.
According to Shweta Chauhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Central district, a complaint was received from the officials of the Department of Telecom alleging that they had received inputs about an illegal international telecom setup being operated by a man named Zulifiqar at Choori Walan in Chawri Bazar here.
“Thereafter, the police found out that the illegal telephone exchange was receiving calls from the Gulf nations, the US, UAE, Canada, Nepal, Australia, Pakistan and many other countries, and those calls were being transmitted illegally to Indian numbers. The police also found out that Zulifiqar had taken the telecom resources from a service provider in the name of Adeeba Enterprises. The accused had taken the connection on November 26 last year. A raid was then conducted in coordination of DoT but the accused was not found there,” said the DCP.