International call diversion racket busted in Hyderabad

Those arrested are identified as Mohammed Ashraf (23) who has an IT background, Syed Mohammed Nasir (30) and Shaik Akbar (25).

Hyderabad: A three member gang involved in call termination racket was arrested by the Rajendranagar police.

The gang was organising the racket from a flat and diverting international call through mobile networks, the police said.

Those arrested are identified as Mohammed Ashraf (23) who has an IT background, Syed Mohammed Nasir (30) and Shaik Akbar (25).

On information the police raided a house near Pillar No 181 of PVNR Expressway and busted the racket following information.

“The gang were using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to operate the racket and diverting international call as locals using technology,” said R Sanjay, ACP Rajendranagar.

The gang had arranged a Jio SIP truck device of 500 channels and each channel could accommodate three SIM cards. “At a time, 1,500 calls could be diverted to using the device,” the ACP said.

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