Your mobile phone may be deactivated if your ID proof is not valid or if you are not residing at the address which you showed in the application at the time of purchasing SIM card between August, 1 and August, 15. UP police had directed mobile companies to verify address proof of their customers and records of pre-activated SIM cards and deactiv ate it. The police also had asked to refer the case to Special Task Force. The decision was taken after Women Power line (WPl) 1090 record exposed that 30 to 40 per cent anon ymous callers, teasing the girls / women had secured SIM cards on fake ID.
To discuss the issue ADG law and Order held a meeting with the Chief Operating Officers, Sales and Marketing head and Nodal Officers of 33 different mobile companies on Friday. The ADG said it wa s seen that mobile companies were issuing SIM cards on fake IDs. He said a spurt was seen in crime in which the miscreants used SIM issued on fake ID card. He said investigation of the complaints lodged at WPl had
revealed that crank callers secured the SIM card on fake IDs and the police failed to nab the real culprits in absence of vital evidence. He informed that the Kanpur police seized 940 pre activated SI M of a mobile company.The ADG said various mobile companies had cut throat competition in selling the SIM cards and most of the time their representatives opt to sell SIM without verifying the credential of a customer.
He asked the mobile companies CEOS to instruct their retailer/POS/distributor to submit an affidavit stating that retailer/POS/distributor are aware of DoT manuals and that they would issue a SIM card only after they verify the original ID and only when the person purchasing the SIM remained present before them.
Following the instruction, the retailer/POS/distributors have been asked to provide the details of the customers who were sold SIM card by July 31. The mobile companieswill delete the number if it is find that a particular SIM wasissued on a fake ID between August 1 and August 15. The case will be referred to STF providing the data of suchnumber for investigation.