Bhubaneswar, Aug 18: A local court here on Sunday granted police to take a five-day remand of Raju Mandal, an accused in the SIM box racket.
Mandal, a West Bengal resident, was arrested on Saturday with over 1,000 pre-activated SIM cards along with routers and other equipment from a house in Bhubaneswar.
A Bangladeshi national operated the racket from Bhubaneswar, rerouting international calls to Pakistan, China, and West Asia, said police.