The Chandannagar police on Tuesday arrested two persons, including a mobile shopowner, from Kharadi for allegedly selling and activating sim cards of a private mobile company by using fake documents.
The suspects have been identified as Kishore Balasaheb Padir (25) of Kharadi and Ashish Nagendra Chavan (22) of Nagpur Chawl in Yerawada. The Chandannagar police team led by senior inspector Anil Patrudkar made the arrests.
Patrudkar said police constables Avinash Shivsharan and Amol Pilane received a tip-off that a mobile shopowner in Kharadi was selling sim cards by using fake documents.
“Padir was arrested after we found that he was selling and activating sim cards of a private company for Rs 400 by using fake documents,” he said. “During sustained interrogation, Padir revealed the name of Chavan, who used to supply the sim cards to him and also helped him to activate these cards,” Patrudkar said.
The suspects were produced before the court on Tuesday and remanded to police custody till March 26.
Source: indiatimes
