No uniform guidelines, DoT tells Meerut cops on ‘unique’ IMEI active on 13,000 phones

MEERUT: In a reply to a letter by Meerut police seeking to block the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) active on over 13,000 phones across the country, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) stated that there is no uniform guidelines to deal with such cases.

After a five-month long investigation, the local police recently filed a final report in the IMEI “cloning” case and had reportedly given a “clean chit” to a Chinese mobile firm. Investigators concluded that the findings do not amount to any criminal offence and hence the charges of cheating and violation of IT Act doesn’t arise. They had even called it a “technical glitch”.