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Maharashtra: Fake SIM Card Rackets Broken in the Thane District; Two owned

Thane: Two people have been arrested and small detained in connection with rackets involved in producing a fake SIM card in the Thane Maharashtra district, police said on Saturday.
Large stock of active black SIM cards and identity cards made taken from the defendant, said Yogesh Chavan, Deputy Police Commissioner Zone-II Bhiwandi.
Based on a tip-off, a team from the police station Bhiwada stormed the location in Nagaon Bhiwandi and arrested the defendant selling a SIM card to customers on Thursday, he said.
Police have arrested Mohammad Irfan Islam Ansari (23) and Saeed Sagar Abdul Gafar Shaikh (24), while minors have also been detained in this case, he said.
Police have restored 111 fake SIM cards, different Aadhaar cards that have one photo and the same person, printer, KYC machines, three cellphones, and 250 SIM cards from various service providers, officials said.
Items confiscated by Rs 2,23 Lakh, he said.
A violation based on part 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions from the IPC have been registered, said the official, added that further investigation was ongoing to track people who had sold SIM cards.

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