Acting on a tip-off from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Kolhapur unit of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) nabbed a hacker from Kolhapur district on Saturday who reportedly hacked into several international calls.
According to informed sources, the man named Sanjay ran a call centre as part of his modus operandi in Ichalkaranji Township. He also owned a sari shop as a front for his main operation — hacking international calls.
The police said more than 100 SIM cards, ostensibly to be sold on fake identity proofs, had been retrieved from the call centre during the raid.
“This is the second such incident where we have arrested someone in possession of such a large number of SIM cards,” said a senior police officer.
The surge in incidents wherein SIM cards with fake identity were used for initiating explosions through Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have kept the State police on edge.
