LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an area sales manager of NCR/Chandigarh region of a private telecom company from Delhi for his alleged role in the illegal bulk issuance of SIM cards that were used to facilitate organised cybercrimes, including phishing scams, officials said in a press release on Thursday.

The arrest was made under the investigating agency's ongoing Operation Chakra-V aimed at dismantling the technical and logistical backbone of organised cybercrime. Investigators said the case has a significant NCR-Chandigarh connection, where a major phishing network was earlier uncovered.

In December 2025, the CBI had busted an organised phishing racket operating from the NCR/Chandigarh region...