Srinagar: Sopore Police arrested two persons for providing SIM cards to the LeT militants.
Two persons Mansoo
r Ahmad Bhat son of Khazir Mohammad Bhat resident of Aalibagh, Hygam and Moinul Haq Lone son of Ghulam Mohammad Lone resident of Wagub, Sopore were arrested by Sopore police for providing SIM cards to the militants of LeT outfit.
The duo were working for a cellular operator company in Sopore. They have been procuring SIM cards on forged documents and providing the same to the militants of LeT operating in and around Sopore. They used to sell these SIM cards at exorbitant rates, as high as Rs 700 per SIM card. So far, six SIM cards have been detected that have been procured illegally and subsequently provided to the outfit.
A case FIR NO: 71/2012 U/S 420, 467, 471 RPC R/W 10 ULA (P) Act has been registered in the matter with Police Station Tarzoo and investigation has been started. More arrests are expected in the matter.
