According to a recent media report citing ‘officials’ as sources, telecom operators are planning to disconnect approximately 1.8 million mobile connections at once as part of the government’s first all-India operation to combat cybercrime and online fraud.
This development comes after a thorough investigation conducted by multiple law enforcement authorities to trace the usage of mobile networks for cybercrime and financial theft.
“During investigations, it was detected that in many instances, a single handset was used with thousands of mobile connections,” an official privy to the details told the local media outlet.
On May 9, the Department of Transportation directed telcos to deactivate 28,220 mobile devices and re-verify nearly two million mobile connections that had been misused with these handsets.
Officials stated that in such cases, just 10% of the connections are verified, with the remainder being disconnected and failing re-verification. They also stated t
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