Operation Ghost SIM: How Army, Assam Cops Tracked Down Pak-Linked Racket

Operation Ghost SIM: Criminals used the SIM cards to commit cyber crimes and anti-national activities including helping agents in Pakistan receive sensitive information, the police said.

Guwahati:

Seven people have been arrested from across India for running a fake SIM card racket with links to Pakistani agents, the Assam Police said. At least 14 more people were detained from Assam’s Dhubri district for questioning, the police said.

To track down the accused and smash the racket, the Indian Army and the Assam Police joined forces in ‘Operation Ghost SIM’ and tracked all the accused across India.

The Assam Police first received intelligence from the army’s Gajraj Corps about an illegal activity involving the use of fake SIM cards from hideouts in Assam, Rajasthan, and Telangana, the police said.

They used the fake SIM cards to commit cyber crimes and anti-national activities including helping agents in Pakistan receive sensitive information.