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Two police constables among five arrested by Mumbai Police in illegal telecom data racket

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Two police constables among five arrested by Mumbai Police in illegal telecom data racket
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Mumbai police’s Crime Branch has arrested five alleged suppliers of illegally obtained telecom data, including two police constables serving in Jharkhand and Bihar, as part of an investigation into a man who posed as a police inspector and offered to recover lost or stolen mobile phones.

The case has been registered under Sections 318(2), 319(2), 204, 223, 351(2), 112(2), 238 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Sections 43(a), 66 and 66C of the Information Technology Act.

Police said investigators identified nine accused in the network supplying call detail records (CDRs), subscriber detail records (SDRs) and mobile phone location information. Five of them were arrested across Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Bihar.

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