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Noida unit of UP STF has arrested a Nepali citizen who was supplying SIMs to foreign thugs. The arrested accused used to activate SIM on fake ID and supply it in Thailand, Nepal and Cambodia. Police have recovered 33 SIM cards, two Nepali passports, two mobile phones and a MacBook and other items from the possession of the accused.
According to STF officials, the arrested accused has been identified as Sunil Khadka of Solukhumba district of Nepal. With the help of SIM issued on fake ID, thugs sitting abroad used to extort money from citizens of other countries of the world including India.
Recently, the STF team had received input that a gang is active in Delhi-NCR, which takes SIM from a fake address in India and gives it to cyber thugs sitting abroad for a few dollars. Using these SIM cards, gangs of cyber thugs cheat Indians through call centers set up in Cambodia. One member of this gang is Sunil Khadka, who fled to Thailand via Kolkata after the accused were caught in an incident in Bisrakh.
The accused has studied PhD
STF had received information that Sunil Khadka had returned to India on April 19 and was staying in a hotel in Noida. On information, STF team raided the hotel and arrested Sunil. The accused has studied PhD. He went to Bangkok for business in 2007 and started living there. During that time he came in contact with Shyam alias Ghanshyam Adhikari of Nepal through a former Nepali friend. After this, he along with him got involved in cyber crime. Police have also received information that the accused used to send SIMs through Nepal. Many gang members are active in Nepal.