SOURCE: TIMES NOW
In a joint operation, Mumbai Police along with the Military Intelligence of Jammu and Kashmir busted two illegal VoIP exchanges and SIM boxes which were being used to seek information from the defence personnel, and it is suspected that Pakistan’s secret service agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was involved.
The raids were conducted in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Kerala’s Changaramukulam on Thursday during which two functional SIM boxes were recovered with 100 slots each and approximate 200 SIM cards, along with two routers, three modems, antennas, batteries and connectors, from Noida and Changaramukulam.
As per the sources, primary information about the drive was being obtained while one accused was arrested from Changermakulam during the raid.
What are VoIP exchanges and why are they illegal?
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or IP telephony, allows the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over the internet. The one found during the raids converted international voice calls originating from Pakistan into local GSM calls and used the Chinese SIM Boxes (boxes fitted with GSM SIM cards of local cellular service providers). These SIM boxes also used dynamic IMEI system thereby making them difficult to be tracked.
This system has been declared illegal by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as the Indian systems cannot control the calls generated in such machines and can also be used for anti-national activities. The
The SIM box methodology is considered a financial fraud by the government as well as mobile companies. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the busted exchanges caused revenue losses to the tune of crores to the country’s telecom department.
ISI link
It all started in September 2019 when defence persons started receiving calls from suspicious numbers, seeking information related to important defence installations. The person on the phone was posing fictitious identity and the involvement of the ISI was suspected.
Further investigation by the Military intelligence and Mumbai Police revealed few illegal VoIP exchanges in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, had routed calls incoming from Pakistan to local numbers. These were then used to extract information from the Defence persons. Based on this information, the Mumbai Police carried out joint operation along with Military intelligence.
These exchanges were being used by hostile intelligence agencies to seek military information through calls and posed a great security threat to the country.
After the preliminary inquiry and the confirmation of the usage of unauthorised SIM box, the Dongri police station in Maharashtra’s Thane registered the crime under sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 471, 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with the clause 1 of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885, Sections 4, 20, 25, with section 3, 6 the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933, and forwarded the investigation to the crime branch.
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