CCB busts International level telephone exchange racket,

Dr B Thomas (Special Correspondent)

,The economic wing of the Central Crime Branch officials on Thursday busted another illegal international telephone exchange racket and arrested five persons from Kerala running the show from three different locations of the city for the last few months.

Based on a tip off from the central telecom department,the CCB registered a case and track down the firms situated in Koramangala,Mico layout and Rajajinagar.

Raman Gupta,Joint commissioner of Police,said that the accused-Dennish Pavoor,Vipin.KP, Subhash,Bejin Joseph and Shammad Shjahan are from Kerala having strong technical background to run the show.

The accused had opened the firms under the names -Bizhub Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd, Orture , Technologies Pvt. Ltd and Time Info Technology (9OPC) Pvt. Ltd claiming as call centers for tourism customer care and operating the show through SIP trunk line from a leading telecom company to convert VoIP calls from gulf countries to local calls .

Using this Modus Operandi the accused would managed 24 lakh minutes international calls in 60 days while from another firm 68 lakh minutes international calls in 40 days .

The racket has not only incurred huge loss to the government and the telecom department but also pose threat to the national security,Mr. Gupta said adding that the CCB continue to investigate to ascertain their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Joint CP Crime Raman Gupta DCP Crime-2 BS Angadi,and his whole team for the commendable job done by them in unearthing the international level a sui