The Chief Minister’s flying squad has arrested a man for allegedly selling activated mobile SIMs to foreign nationals and others without required documents from Sector-51 of Gurugram, the police said on Tuesday.
The accused was identified as Ravinder Singh alias Sameer (38) a native of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh who was currently residing in village Wazirabad of Gurugram.
According to the CM flying squad salutes, they received credible information that a man standing in front of Artemis Hospital, in Sector-51 was selling activated mobile SIM cards to foreign nationals and other people for just Rs 600 to 800 without required documents.
Following this the team led by Inderjeet Singh Yadav DSP, CM flying squad conduct a raid in front of the hospital on Monday and nabbed the accused and found the activated SIM cards, inactivated SIM and documents from his possession.
Police seized 14 activated SIM cards of Vodafone, 20 mobiles, 52 inactivated SIM, one motorcycle and Rs 18,500.
The accused disclosed before the police that with the help of his companions identified as Zamir and Lalit he used to activate the SIM on unknown persons and later sell them to foreigners and others residing in guest houses and hotels and charge rupees in cash or via online transfer.
"The accused was involved in this illegal work since 2018. During the remand period, we will ascertain that how many SIMs he has sold to whom and from where he gets these SIMs," Yadav said.
A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused at Sector-53 police station in Gurugram.