Shariq gave Sandur address for SIM card with stolen Aadhaar card

BALLARI: The accused in the Mangaluru blast case, Mohammed Shariq, had procured a SIM card in the name of Arun Kumar Gouli, a resident of Sandur and had given a Sandur address too.

Arun Kumar, a mechanical engineering and MBA graduate, is working with a private company in Bengaluru. He had lost his Aadhaar card about one-and-half years ago.

Sandur native Arun Kumar works with a private company in Benglauru.

Ballari Superintendent of Police Ranjit Kumar Bandaru has advised people to check if their documents are being misused on the TAFCOP portal.

said that during investigations into the SIM cards used by terror suspect, one was found to be registered in the name of a Sandur resident. “When we questioned the individual, we realised that he was not connected with the case. He told us that he had lost his purse about one-and-half years ago and using that, Shariq had procured a SIM”, he said.

The SP also advised people who may have lost their documents to check if their documents are being misused by logging on to the TAFCOP (Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management & Consumer Protection portal of the Department of Telecommunications (tafcop.dgtelecom.gov.in).