Cross-border criminals active along India’s international borders with Bangladesh have become a new headache for the security agencies. In almost 99 per cent of such cases, sources from the state police said, the actual person in whose name the mobile SIM is registered is not even aware that someone else is using that SIM. Such pre-activated SIMs are being sold to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants coming to India during their hiding period at the bordering villages before they are sourced with fake Indian identity documents. Some errant local mobile service dealers also conduct a forgery while taking bio-metric imprints of the genuine consumers. These extra imprints are used by the errant dealers to get multiple SIM cards in the same name. The SIM is then pre-active another SIM in the name of the original and then sells the same SIM at premium cost to any third person who wants to use it. The pre- activated SIM is being sourced in the names of any existing third party who really exists but is being used by any other person involved in nefarious activities. The first process is where a cross-border criminal procure these SIM cards by furnishing forged identity documents in thename of any thirdperson who does on existing in reality. The second avenue is even more alarming.
Cross-border criminals active along India’s international borders with….
