New Dlehi: Two men were arrested for their alleged involvement in changing the IMEI
numbers of stolen mobile phones and then selling them, police said
today.
On March 5, Yunus (23) was caught at Babu Ram School picket and a mobile phone was recovered.
The
recovered mobile phone was found to be stolen from Vivek Vihar. The
accused revealed that he was going to a mobile shop for getting the IMEI
number changed so that he could dispose of the mobile phones easily,
police said.
Subsequently, Parmod (28) was also nabbed from a mobile phone shop near Geeta Bhawan Bhola Nath Nagar, they said.
During
interrogation, it was found that Yunus had given many stolen mobile
phones to Parmod for changing their IMEI numbers, police said.
After
changing the IMEI numbers, Parmod used to sell the stolen mobile
phones, a CPU, six IMEI number changing devices, a key, several old
mobile phones, whose IMEI numbers had to be inscribed on the stolen
phones, were recovered, they added.
