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Mumbai Crime Branch exposes massive spy racket selling CDRs and live locations for four thousand
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News18•13-10-2026, 11:50
Mumbai Crime Branch exposes massive spy racket selling CDRs and live locations for four thousand
- •Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 12 has uncovered a major espionage racket involving the illegal extraction and sale of Call Detail Records, Subscriber Detail Records, and live mobile locations.
- •Arrested police personnel Prince Kumar Sahani and Pankaj Kumar Shukla from Bihar and Jharkhand allegedly charged 4000 rupees for a single CDR or SDR.
- •The mastermind, Sanjay alias Hanjala Mubarak Sayyed, reportedly earned lakhs of rupees by selling confidential information of over 50 individuals at exorbitant rates.
- •The illicit business, active since 2023, utilized social media platforms like Instagram and Telegram to coordinate operations and leverage police relatives connected to the mobile business.
- •The racket charged between 50 thousand to 1 lakh rupees for high-risk tasks including live location tracking, corporate espionage, and uncovering private life details.
Key Questions Answered
The arrested police personnel, Prince Kumar Sahani and Pankaj Kumar Shukla, were charging four thousand rupees each for a single Call Detail Record (CDR) or Subscriber Detail Record (SDR).
The alleged mastermind of the racket has been identified as Sanjay, also known as Hanjala Mubarak Sayyed, who sold the confidential information at exorbitant rates.
According to information received by the authorities, this illegal network is suspected to have been active since 2023.
