Mumbai Crime: 2 held for selling call record details of 200 people in Goregaon

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The Mumbai Police's Crime Branch arrested two people for allegedly illegally procuring and selling call detail records, current locations and bank account details of around 200 people.

The accused, Shailesh Manjarekar and Rajendra Sau, were arrested late on Saturday after a raid at their office in Goregaon. They had started a company, Ascent Confidential and Investigation Pvt Ltd, claiming to be a private intelligence agency, police said, as per a report in The Indian Express.

During the search, the police found six mobile phones, a pen drive with call detail records (CDR) of at least 200 people, CDR printouts, three laptops, an iPad and other materials.

The accused said that a man from Haryana and a woman from Delhi were providing them with call detail records and other information, police said.

An officer said, "There are intelligence agencies that are working in other cities. As per the demand from their clients, the accused would work together and get the call detail records and other confidential information like current locations and bank account details and sell them."

At least seven accused are wanted in the case, said police. They are believed to be part of a larger racket and the number of accused in the case is likely to increase, they added.