Tribune News Service

Srinagar, January 5

The J&K Police have busted a module of overground workers which was forging documents of Army men to procure mobile phone SIM (subscriber identity module) cards to later distribute them among militants in north Kashmir.The police have arrested six members of the module, including the owners of two printing press units, from Baramulla.The module, according to the police, was busted on the information provided by military intelligence which alerted the security forces about the racket.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir said, “The module has been operating for quite some time in Baramulla. The investigation into the matter is on.”.The police did not divulge the names of the six arrested persons, claiming that it would hamper the investigation.Sources said a large number of fake Army rubber stamps and documents had also been seized by the police.