2 held for illegal trade of mobiles

Kaithal, June 26

With the arrest of two persons, the Kaithal police have claimed to have busted an inter-state gang allegedly involved in the illegal sale and purchase of mobile phones by creating cloning of different apps.

The accused used to get gift vouchers from different e-commerce apps and later sold these to people. In preliminary investigation, it came to light that the gang members used to purchase mobiles in bulk by creating different IDs.

The accused were identified as Rajat Kumar of Kaithal city and Sudhir Narang of Amargarh Gamri in Kaithal district.

The police recovered 872 mobile phones, worth Rs 71.41lakh, and cash of Rs 15.15 lakh from their possession.

About the modus operandi, the SP said that on a tip-off, a racket involved in the illegal sale and purchase of mobile phones was active in the city. The special cyber cell arrested both accused. The accused said they had created cloning of android apps and used to purchase mobile phones through apps on fake IDs. Later, they used to sell these phones without bills in Delhi without bills and other parts of the state, the SP said. They also earned gift vouchers and duped people by selling them these fake gift vouchers.

“We have registered a case against the both under the various Sections of the IPC and IT Act. The involvement of other gang members is yet to be determined,” the SP said. — TNS