AHMEDABAD: After the CID (crime) arrested five people for selling sim cards on forged Aadhaar documents, it has been determined that nearly 3,000 sim cards were sold illegally across the state since 2020.
The initial arrests had been made based on a tipoff from the department of telecommunications (DoT). Sources in police said that the sim cards were issued on forged documents in places such as Kapadvanj, Nadiad, Surat, and Morbi. The sources said it is possible that these sim cards were used by con call centres.
