Over 10000 duplicate mobile phones recovered, 4 arrested

In a major haul, more than 10,000 duplicate phones of well known brands were recovered and four persons arrested in this connection, police said today.
The accused -- Ravinder Pal Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Ranjeet Singh and Kirandeep Singh -- were nabbed for assembling the duplicate phones.
At their instance, more than 10,000 duplicate/cloned mobile phones of different make and brands worth Rs 2 crore in retail market have been recovered from a godown in Matiala, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner (Crime).
The arrests were made following a recent recovery of cloned (duplicate) phones from Lajpat Rai market. During the raid, SIM cards in the name of Ravinder Pal Singh were being used to check the phones.

Working on this, the Crime Branch caught the four accused.
Accused Kirandeep Singh along with his partner and cousin Inder Pal (absconding) used to import duplicate parts of mobile phones of different make and brands from China, while Ravinder Pal Singh, with the help of Sukhdev Singh and Ranjeet Singh assembled these parts at Matiala godown, said the officer.
The gang would put logo of different brands on the duplicate mobile phones with the help of stamping machine and sticker of IMEI on the instrument and supply it for sale in open market.
Inder Pal Singh has been identified as the main importer, who is yet to be arrested. Efforts are being made to trace the retailers who are selling these phones, the officer added.