Kolkata: The detective department has arrested four Indian conduits of a gang that smuggled activated SIM cards to Cambodia, where cyber crooks used them to defraud Indians online.
The arrested are Chandrakanta Das (42) from Balarambati, Joydeep Barik (36) from Shibnarayan Das Lane, Kundan Singh (30) from Darpanarayan Tagore Street and Sanjay Singh (55) from Nimtala Ghat Street.
Their arrests from Kolkata came after the gang’s mastermind —a woman from Myanmar—was picked up. The probe, led by inspector Sipra Mullick, showed Chandrakanta, with the help of others, issued SIM cards that were used for fraud. —Dwaipayan Ghosh