Hyderabad: On the Credible information, Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team along with Moghalpura Police jointly conducted simultaneous raids and arrested 7 Persons namely Syed Mohammed Ilyas Sha Buqari, Mohsin Bin Mohammed, Mir Muzafar Ali, Dr. Mohd Omer, Mohd Zubairuddin, Mohammed Shahawaz and Isa Bin Sayeed who were secretly doing illegal business of Termination/Illegal routing of international incoming calls through Internet VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) by arranging required equipment of VOIP Gateways, GSM-CDMA SIMs and Fixed Wireless Telephones at three locations i.e. Moghalpura, Golkonda and Tolichowki, Police Seized Cash of Rs. 4,80,000/-, 6-laptops, goip-gate way(voip-16 ports)-09, Sim cards and other related equipment.
The VOIP means Voice Over Internet Protocol. It is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission media for Telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmission of PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). The packets travel like any other type of data over public internet or any Pvt. Internet Protocol ( IP) network.
The above accused persons are doing this Illegal International Call Routing, wherein incoming calls are received through the Internet. In this business, the data is connected to a VOIP gateway that converts the data into voice calls, which are disseminated to the receivers. This process does not leave any reverse trace of the original International number from where the call originated. By using fake SIM cards they are allowing calls from different Countries, whose mobile numbers are unable to be traced by local service providers. By doing this, the respondents not only cause monetary loss to the Government of India and Department of Telecommunications, they also pose a severe threat to the security of the Nation as the original called details are terminated and substituted with the local I.P., thus leaving the caller un-traced.
Further, it is learnt that the international calls originating from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries are using these, network of illegal exchanges for cheaper call rates. Also the suspected persons who are staying in the above mentioned countries prefer to use the network of illegal exchange as it does not leave any reverse trace of the Original international number from where the call is originating.
In this case the accused persons are sharing their call rates in International Forums/groups. The call shop persons who stay abroad if satisfied with the call rates of respondents, contacts them. Later, both the parties share their IP addresses and does business of illegal call routing at cheaper price. The arrested accused persons along with seized cash and property are handed over to the Moghalpura Police station for investigation.