Bhubaneswar: The STF of Odisha Police arrested Samim Islam of Murshidabad in West Bengal for his alleged involvement in the inter-state fake SIM card/mule bank accounts racket.
According to an official release, Samim was a key member of the racket having its network in West Bengal and Bihar.
In October, the STF had arrested three persons on charges of running the inter-state racket. The arrested persons were Sheikh Hapizul and Sheikh Jahangir of Olamara in Balasore district and Sheikh Jamaluddin of Rampura of West Medinapur, West Bengal.
Sk Jamiruddin headed the racket, which operated mainly in the districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, East Midnapore, West Midnapore, East Sighbhoom, West Singhbhoom and Saraikela. Jamiruddin employed around 10-15 people for 15,000 a month to open bank accounts.
The gang offered Rs 2,000 per account to each person who gave documents to open the bank accounts. However, the mobile numbers linked with bank accounts were provided by the gang members.
The gang was selling these mule bank accounts for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 per account. They are alleged to have sold around 5,000 mule bank accounts. They would abandon the bank accounts once it reached a transaction of Rs 1 lakh. Sometimes, these accounts were frozen by concerned banks at the request of police/law enforcement agencies.
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