Taiwanese national held with over 60 Indian SIMs
NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Security agencies are investigating the role of a Taiwanese national who was apprehended by CISF personnel from the Delhi airport with more than 60 activated mobile phone SIM cards.Lai Jhin Ping was apprehended by the central security force on December 18 from Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport before he could board his scheduled Thai Airways flight to Bangkok.“During physical checking, 67 Indian SIM cards were detected in the man’s luggage that were in active condition and were in the name of different Indian persons,” a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) spokesperson said.He could not reply satisfactorily as to why he was carrying these SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards, the spokesperson added.The force later informed the Intelligence Bureau and the immigration authorities, who questioned the foreigner. (PTI)
ED questions magician PC Sorcar in chit fund scam
KOLKATA, Dec 22: Renowned magician PC Sorcar (Junior) was on Friday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its ongoing investigation into alleged chit fund fraud in which investors were duped of more than Rs 790 crore, an officer said.Soon after Sorcar reached the ED office in Salt Lake on Friday afternoon the ED officers started questioning him in connection with the scam allegedly involving two companies identified by the central agencies as Pincon Group and Tower Infotech Ltd, he said.“We are questioning Mr Sorcar in connection with the chit fund case. We have to find out whether he was involved in any way or not,” the ED officer said. A few days ago the ED took into custody a senior official of the Tower Group and during grilling him Sorcar’s name had surfaced, the official said.In 2021 the CBI had searched the magician’s Ballygunge residence in connection with the same case. (PTI)