Archive · 12 Aug 2025
Bengaluru Police Busted Illegal International Call Racket
Imagine some bad guys were tricking phones.
They were making it seem like calls from other countries were actually local calls.
This helped them do bad things.
The police found out and caught them!
They were using special boxes and SIM cards to make this happen.
A phone company told the police about it.
The police found lots of equipment used for this trick.
They think the bad guys used it for cybercrimes.
Bengaluru police busted a racket converting international calls into local calls.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) investigated the illegal routing of international calls.
The investigation began after a Vodafone Idea Limited representative filed a complaint.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) alerted the telecom operator about the illegal operation.
Police recovered six SIM boxes, 133 SIM cards, and other equipment valued at Rs 10 lakh.
- Who
- Bengaluru police and the Central Crime Branch (CCB).
- What
- A racket converting international calls to local calls.
- When
- The investigation was announced on Tuesday.
- Where
- Bengaluru, in the IT corridor.
- Why
- To enable cybercrimes.
- Involved Agency
- Bengaluru Police, CCB
- Incident Type
- Illegal Call Routing
- Equipment Recovered
- SIM boxes, SIM cards, data storage servers, networking router/switch
- Estimated Value
- Rs 10 lakh
- Investigation Trigger
- Complaint from Vodafone Idea Limited