Two arrested for running illegal telephone exchanges in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: In a joint operation, the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Indian army’s southern command and Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC) of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) have arrested two persons who were allegedly operating six illegal telephone exchanges in Bengaluru. The arrests were made on June 7 by the CCB based on the inputs from the military intelligence.

According to police, the accused have been identified as 36-year-old Ibrahim Pullatti, a native of Malappuram in Kerala, and 27-year-old V Gautam, who is from Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. Both men were running their operations out of a rented house in BTM Layout in southeast Bengaluru, police said.