Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 13: Police today arrested a foreign national using Thuraya satellite phone in Leh region.
“From many days, a specific Thuraya activity was being noticed at various locations of Leh viz main market, Namgail Tesmo Gonpa, Sankar, Pangong Lake, Kharu Shang areas for which search was conducted at various locations where one of the police teams of Police Station Leh succeeded in recovering the Thuraya communication set along with the user from a local Hotel near Juma Bagh,” police said.
He said that illegal user was found to be a foreign national who was using the Thuraya set illegally at different locations and added, “the used Thuraya satellite phone along with the charger and the SIM have been seized from the possession of the violator”.
The spokesman added that legal action under Section 4/20, 21 Indian Telegraph Act has been initiated against the violator by Police Station Leh.
In lieu of this, all tour operators, hotel and guest house owners, taxi operators are requested to brief their respective clients before their treks and tours and not allow them to use Thuraya communication without proper permission, he added and said that the violator shall be booked under Section 4/20, 21 Indian Telegraph Act and Section 6 Indian wireless Act.
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