According to police officials, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) alerted cellular service providers about around 8,000 SIM card owners, whose documents were suspicious. The DOT found that numerous customer profiles had different Aadhar details but the same picture.

The service provider companies, after their own investigations, found that some of their Point of Sale (POS) retailers had uploaded bogus documents in the system while selling and activating SIM cards. Based on this information, the police, from May 9, started conducting raids in various locations in Mumbai.

According to police officials, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) alerted cellular service providers about around 8,000 SIM card owners, whose documents were suspicious.