The
Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad
(ATS) has issued notices to five
major telecom companies asking “why
they should not be charged under
sections of Unlawful Activities
Prevention Act (UAPA) for providing
SIM cards to the suspected terrorists
without proper verification process”,
as reported by Daily Bhaskar
on May 29. The notices have
been given to the CEO’s of these
telecom companies and have been
asked to appear personally before
the ATS to submit their explanation.
The
ATS had recovered more than two
dozen SIM cards from their possession
of IM operatives active in the State.
The probe had reached to the conclusion
that the cellular phones used by
the accused were operating with
SIM cards, secured on the basis
of bogus documents. ATS chief, Vipin
Maheshwari said, despite repeated
warnings and advisories, the telecom
companies, it seems are careless
about verification of their subscribers.
Both state and centre had been asking
the service providers to maintain
database of all their subscribers
along with verifications details,
which for security reasons can be
re-checked to ascertain the antecedents
of customers. |
