Police register 3 fresh cases against Maoists

Coimbatore: The rural police registered three cases against suspected 'Maoist' Roopesh, his wife Shyna and Anoop Mathew George for using copies of voter ID cards of three people to obtain SIM cards from multiple shops in Pollachi and surrounding areas on Saturday.
Q branch police had arrested five Maoists from Karumathampatti on May 4, 2015 and seized 43 SIM cards from them.On investigation, it was found that they used the ID cards of various people in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Madurai to obtain multiple SIM cards.
They also bought SIM cards by using addresses of people residing in Kerala. They approached members of SHGs, promising to arrange for large bank loans, and got the necessary contact information. Based on Q branch information, the rural police have collected details and obtained complaints from them.
In the first case, S Dhanalakshmi, 35, residing on Paraikadai street near Kottur, lodged a complaint with Kottur police on Friday. In her complaint, she stated that her husband Senthilkumar worked at a mill in Thailand. Shyna had obtained a SIM card using Senthilkumar's documents. Kottur police said, Dhanalakshmi was a trainer at Harshini spinning mill. Her husband came home for a visit twice a year.
In the second case, G Velumani, 36, a daily wage labourer from Boyar Colony near Pollachi, lodged a complaint with Pollachi Taluk police on Saturday, claiming that the photocopy of his voter identity card was misused by Maoist Anoop Mathew George to obtain a SIM card. In his statement, he said that a group of people had approached him, promising to arrange a much needed bank loan. Trusting them, he gave a photocopy of his voter ID card. Only after the five Maoists were arrested last May, did he realize that he had been duped. Pollachi Taluk police registered a case against Anoop Mathew George.
In the third case, C Panjalingam, 47, a daily wage labourer from R Ponnavaram village in Pollachi lodged a complaint against Roopesh who misused a copy of his ration card to obtain a SIM card. Police registered a case against the Maoists under sections 419 (Punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 469 (Forgery for purpose of harming reputation) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of the Indian Penal code.
In Coimbatore city, Podanur, Singanallur and Ramanathapuram police registered three cases against the Maoists. Tirupur city and rural police registered four cases against them. Erode rural police registered six cases and Madurai police registered four cases against them.