NEW DELHI: The curious case of a mobile number with 12345 as its last digits has investigators at their wits' ends.
This prepaid number originally belonged to one Mr Kumar from northwest Delhi. One fine morning, Kumar found it deactivated. A company executive informed him that the number had been allocated to a "Mr Arora" 'by mistake' and that the error would be rectified.
It has lately emerged that the number was reportedly used in illegal activities by miscreants. "Mr Arora" does not exist. Kumar has alleged that when he spoke to cops, he was told his number may have been used by terrorists. He has written to the commissioner of police narrating his ordeal.
At present, the 'VIP number' 9****12345 has been blocked. Police have registered a case of criminal conspiracy and forgery under sections 120B and 420 of IPC and are investigating the matter.
A source said that it all began after Kumar's SIM was blocked a few months ago. The number, however, stayed active and calls were answered by a "Mr Arora". Kumar was told by the company executive he contacted that his number had been wrongly allocated.
"I was issued a new SIM and the executive informed me that my services will be reactivated once I submitted proof of identification. Surprisingly, the number was still active and when I contacted the service provider, my complaint was brushed aside. I then lodged a complaint with police," Kumar said in his complaint.
It was then found that after Mr Arora was allotted the number he applied for availing number portability. But the number had to be three months old for this facility, an officer said.
"As the number had been misallocated, there is no question of approving its transfer to another service provider, that too with immediate effect. The company executive was suspected of complicity," the officer added.
When police contacted the service provider demanding the documents based on which it had issued the sim card to "Mr Arora", it could not furnish them. An officer said the company told police it had sacked the particular executive who handled the matter. An internal inquiry had reportedly revealed that the executive's official ID had been hacked and it was the hacker who had misallocated the sim and facilitated its portability.
A senior police officer said, "We don't know why exactly the SIM card was misallocated and the number taken to a different service provider. From the initial inquiry, it was revealed that the company executive and another person, whose identity we cannot disclose now, had connived in the fraud for wrongful gains. A case has been registered but we will explain everything only after the accused are arrested and interrogated."
At this point, the number belongs to no one. Kumar has lost out on big business deals due to loss of this number.
Sources have told TOI that police are raiding different places to nab at least three men-the company executive, one Mr Garg from Adarsh Nagar and another accomplice from the second service provider-to solve the mystery.
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