Linkman stole trader’s details for JMB man’s voter ID card

Kolkata: Selim Munshi, the

linkman

for arrested

JMB

members in Hardevpur, would steal voter ID card details of people buying SIM cards and used those information to create new cards for terror outfit members so that they would not be suspected during their stay in Kolkata, police said.

This is how Munshi reportedly managed to steal the EPIC details of a trader from Barisha in Behala and prepare a false identity card for arrested JMB member Naziur Rahaman Pavel (22) alias Joyram Byapari. Pavel had passed himself off as the son of this trader. “Munshi told the trader that he needed an introducer from Kolkata for a poor friend from Bangladesh who wanted to operate an auto in Behala. Fake ID cards were this prepared for Pavel, Mikail Khan alias Sk Shabbir and Rabiul Islam,” police said.

The cops said the accused did not use SIM cards for calling and messaging. “Shabbir called other members on social media sites and modern web techniques so that they were not caught using the same mobile number. The tech savvy nature of the gang have led cops to believe that the module might be better organized than initially gauged. “They seemed to know every recent communication technique,” said an officer.