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11th arrest in engineering admission fraud case
Summary by The Mumbai Editorial Desk Vivek Narayan , as published by Times of India — Mumbai
· September 7, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key points The executive is alleged to have supplied SIM cards that were activated without the knowledge of customers to fraudsters. An engineering admission fraud case has led to the arrest of a SIM gallery sales executive, the eleventh accused in the matter.
An engineering admission fraud case has led to the arrest of a SIM gallery sales executive, the eleventh accused in the matter. The executive is alleged to have supplied SIM cards that were activated without the knowledge of customers to fraudsters.
The arrest comes after ten other accused were released on bail. Police investigation has identified twenty-three SIMs that were allegedly issued without proper customer documents.
Detection teams had been tracking the racket for a month, gathering financial transaction details to build their case. Further details of the investigation and the fraud case are available from the source.
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Category: safety Published: September 7, 2026 Source: Times of India — Mumbai Reading time: 1 min
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