By IANS,
Allahabad : Police are investigating a young man who purchased 10 post-paid SIM cards from this city in July, took them to Azamgarh district and in two days made calls costing Rs.175,000 to various numbers in Pakistan, Afganistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar.
The police now suspect the young man, Haseen, now absconding, to be involved in anti-national and terror activities.
“Haseen purchased the SIM cards on a fake identity July 10 through Ishtikar Alam. He paid Rs.20,000 each for the SIM cards and took them to Azamgarh. All the cards were destroyed in the next two days,” Inspector Ramadhar Singh of Civil Lines police station told IANS over phone.
The police are also puzzled with the disappearance of Alam who lodged an FIR against Haseen last Wednesday.
“Alam arranged the SIM cards of Idea network from Sanjiv Tiwari, a distributor of the company. The identity proof of Rakesh Kumar, who
worked in the company a few months ago, was used. Alam has also worked in this company for some time and he is now working in another mobile company,” Singh added.
Rakesh Kumar is now working in Mumbai for another mobile company.
The Special Task Force (STF) and the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the police have also been roped in for investigations. Haseen lived in a rented accommodation in the Kareli area of Allahabad and is missing along with his family soon after the FIR was lodged by Alam.
“Haseen also made a payment of Rs.1.5 lakh (Rs.150,000) against the bills and we have also found that on earlier occasions, he has bought post-paid SIM cards in huge numbers and made calls to similar destinations from Azamgarh,” Singh added.
Meanwhile, the police are planning to question the local employees of the Idea service providers.
“Such huge bungling is impossible without connivance of the employees of the company and they will be questioned if necessary. Besides, we will also question Sanjiv Tiwari, who is currently out of the city,” Deputy Inspector General of Police, Allahabad range, Chandra Prakash said.
According to police sources, military intelligence also is investigating the case and the numbers to which the calls were made from Azamgarh are being traced.
A police team has been sent to Azamgarh for further investigations.