Acting on credible information, police apprehended G Nagaraju from Manikonda area and also recovered over 70 SIMs of different cellphone companies from him, an official said.
Commissioner's Task Force, (South Zone) team nabbed Nagaraju and seized various electronic accessories used for illegal bypassing of international calls from legitimate gateways, Task Force Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police N Koti Reddy said.
Nagaraju, a native of Tenali in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, had an expertise in IT customer care related work.
He had been out of regular job since the last one-and- half years and during this period he started this illegal activity, causing revenue loss to Department of Telecommunications, he said.
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