Bhubaneswar, Dec. 14 -- Delhi Police, with the assistance of Bhandaripokhari Police, arrested a mobile shop owner from Manjuri Road Market in Odisha's Bhadrak district for his alleged involvement in the sale of fake and illegally pre-activated SIM cards.

The accused has been identified as Santosh Khandai, who runs a mobile phone shop under the jurisdiction of Bhandaripokhari police station. Delhi Police brought him to the local police station for questioning before placing him under arrest.

Earlier on Friday, Delhi Police arrested another accused, Maheshwar Puntia of Tarago village under the Bant police station limits, in connection with the same illegal SIM card network. Both accused were later taken to Delhi on transit remand after ob...