27 lakh mobile handsets blocked
The Department of Telecommunications has blocked 27 lakh mobile phones while taking major action on cybercrime. The Department of Telecommunications has blacklisted the IMEI number of these mobile phones involved in cyber crime. After this, these phones will not be used. Dot shared this information with its official X handle. This action has been taken by the Department of Telecommunications in the last 15 months.
Use for cybercrime
According to the report, the Department of Telecommunications has taken this action on the basis of complaints made by users on Sanchar Saathi portal. These mobile phones were used to send fake links etc. to people through SMS, WhatsApp and voice calls. The Department of Telecommunications has launched the Communication Saathi App recently. Apart from this, many users had filed a complaint of cyber fraud through the Communication Saathi portal.
IMEI Blacklist
DOT said that the International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI) of these millions of mobile handsets has been blacklisted. After this, these phones will not be used anywhere in the whole world. The most mobile phones have been blocked from eastern Uttar Pradesh. About 2 lakh mobile phones from East UP have been blacklisted. Apart from this, 1.22 lakh mobile phones have been blocked from Bihar and Jharkhand. Also, 1.44 lakh handsets have been banned from western UP.
1.15 lakh mobile phones have been blacklisted from the country’s capital Delhi and 31 thousand mobile phones from Mumbai. In this way a total of 26.95 lakh mobile handsets have been blacklisted across India. Apart from blocking these mobile handsets, the Department of Telecommunications has also closed 4.2 crore SIM cards. These SIM cards were used for cyber fraud. Also, action has been taken on several SIM card dealers and vendors.
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