The tourists, who arrived from Poland on Sunday, were stripped of USD 1,080 near Khayaban-e-Mujahid while en route to Dolmen Mall in Clifton to purchase mobile phone SIM cards, the police stated.
Odisha police conducted raids and seized five SIM boxes from Ranchi in connection with the SIM box racket earlier busted in Cuttack.
According to the Police, a total of 5 SIM boxes and 222 operational SIM cards were sized from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Ranchi in this case.
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) refuted the false claims being circulated that the regulator will impose charges on customers for holding multiple SIM cards.
The telecom regulator said in a post on social media X (previously Twitter) that such claims are being circulated to
The police also recovered a total of 41 mobile phones, 19 laptops, 5 Mac mini, 1 iPad, national and international SIM cards, 2 pendrives, 3 memory cards, other communication devices, silver bars and international currency of various countries from the spot.
In a bid to promote tax compliance and tax culture, authorities in Pakistan have blocked the SIM cards of more than 11,000 people so far who failed to file tax returns.
The Cyber Crime unit of Malappuram police in Kerala have apprehended a Karnataka native allegedly involved in online trading and seized over 40,000 SIM cards and 180 mobile phones from his possession, police said on Saturday.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) devised a plan against non-filers which is likely to be implemented from May 15. The government would impose a 2.5 per cent additional tax on non-filers as well as withholding SIM cards of those who refuse to comply.
The Pakistan government on Friday decided to legally move against any telecom operator or others trying to create hindrances in disabling the mobile phone SIMs of over half a million tax evaders.
A total of 500 SIM cards were found in that package, kept in three separate packets. After a preliminary inquiry, a case U/s 420 IPC, PS IGI Airport, Delhi, was registered on the complaint and an investigation of the case was taken up, as per DCP.
In the Kodanad heist-cum-murder case, 19 cell phone towers and 60 SIM card records have been sent to the Gujarat laboratory through the court, and the top officials have gone to Gujarat to get the report, and once the report is received, the next stage of the investigation will be expanded b