
The Indian Mujahideeen IM had surfed a matrimonial website for identities they could assume. The crime branch said IM men took details from the website and used these to forge documents. The idea was to get their hands on SIM cards.
Interrogation of arrested IM suspects reveals that one of them used to submit forged documents using photographs and ID details of men named on the site.
The police have now notified the website of the misuse. Two of the men who had posted their profiles on the website were, in fact, questioned after it was learnt that SIM cards in their names were used by the suspects.
8220;Over the last couple of years, the suspects had procured and used around 30 to 40 SIM cards bought in various cities. Anique Shafiq Sayyed, who ran a cellphone shop in Pune, was the one got the connections,8221; said JCP Crime Rakesh Maria.
8220;Anique used to prepare the documents using identities of men who had posted their profiles. Depending on the city where the connection was required, Anique chose the people and procured SIM cards for Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Mangalore, Delhi, Mumbai.8221; A resident of Mumbai and one of Bangalore were questioned when SIM cards in their names were found to have been used by the suspects.