HC orders Centre to address issue of multiple SIMs to one person in cyber fraud case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a directive to the Union government to intensify efforts in monitoring and regulating the issuance of SIM cards, following a cyber fraud case involving multiple fraudulent SIM activations.

Turning down the bail plea of Sumit Nandwani, a Madhya Pradesh resident, arrested in a cybercrime case in Haryana, Justice Anoop Chitkara arraigned the Union government, specifically the Ministry of Telecommunications, as a respondent in the case.