Gujarat ATS busts illegal call centre in Ahmedabad, one held

The Gujarat ATS busted an illegal call centre in Ahmedabad and arrested a man in possession of 139 SIM cards.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has busted an illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone exchange here and arrested a man with 139 SIM cards, an official said on Wednesday.

Based on a tip-off, an ATS team raided a flat in Sakib Apartment in Juhapura area of the city on Tuesday and apprehended Shahid Saiyad, who was running the illegal call centre using four SIM boxes, a LAN switch, a laptop and a router, said Pinakin Parmar, superintendent of police, Gujarat ATS.