Bengaluru, June 02: Police have nabbed six individuals on charges of converting international calls from Middle-East countries to local calls. Which caused a huge loss to the state exchequer. These people are also accused of threatening others
The police have seized 16 SIM box devices, 2 SIP trunk call devices, 9 primary rate interface (PRI) devices, 5 laptops, 6 routers, and 205 BSNL SIM cards, which were used by the accused to convert international calls into local calls.
The police busted the racket after conducting raids in Bengaluru and Kerala and have registered two cases. They had opened a shell company in the name of Icon Tours and Travels and had taken a landline connection with 180 ports to carry out their nefarious plans, the police said.
The accused obtained BSNL SIM cards from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and other states. Using advanced devices, accused converted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calls to local GSM calls, police added.
