Police constable among those arrested for illegally selling call detail records of individuals

BENGALURU: A police constable who was involved in illegally selling of call detail records (CDR) of individuals had amassed lakhs of rupees, initial investigation has revealed. The police have found transactions of Rs 20 lakh in the bank account of arrested police constable Munirathna.

The constable, along with others, would obtain CDRs of individuals and sell them to others for huge sums. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police, who are investigating the case, are now looking into the sources of the Rs 20 lakh found in the constable’s bank account.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Chandragupta told reporters, “Based on information that some security agencies were using the CDRs of people, their offices were searched on May 22 and an FIR was registered. Three cases had been registered at that time and some of the accused were arrested and sent to judicial custody. Based on their questioning, we had gathered more information about where they were getting the call detail records from”.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Chandragupta briefing reporters.

Further, he said, “The kingpin in this racket was living outside the state and was in touch with many people and we arrested him recently. During his questioning, we came to know that some police personnel had developed contacts in different organisations and were getting CDRs illegally from them. We have arrested one police constable in this connection”.

“The gang would collect money from those who wanted the CDRs and would share it among themselves. We have been able to crack this inter-state racket. The agencies were operating in Bengaluru and would sell the call detail records to people outside the state”, he added.