Information About Incident 36580-69374-165206 in Gajapati India

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On January 5, Sonitpur Police arrested nine distributors and retailers of the Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL), who without proper verification provided SIM cards, which were used by the militants for the Guwahati serial blast on January 1, according to Assam Tribune.

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• Meta Location: Guwahati Assam Tribune
• Matched District: Gajapati
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Sonitpur Police
• Subject: nine distributors and retailers of the Reliance Telecom Limited ( RTL ) , who without proper verification provided SIM cards , which were used by the militants for the Guwahati serial blast , according to Assam Tribune

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On January 5, Sonitpur Police arrested nine distributors and retailers of the Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL), who without proper verification provided SIM cards, which were used by the militants for the Guwahati serial blast on January 1, according to Assam Tribune. Police sources in Tezpur said that the investigation into the entire episode started after the Police got evidence of the militants, mostly United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) cadres, using SIM cards issued in favour of fictitious names to coordinate subversive activities. Police also came to know that during the recent blasts in Guwahati the ULFA used two SIM cards issued by a retailer in Dhekiajuli.

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