The police have recovered huge numbers of SIM cards of different mobile phone companies from a waterbody of Ziapur village under Khetlala upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.
Khetlala police station Officer-in-Charge Iqbal Anwar said:” Police have recovered some 243 SIM cards of different mobile phone companies from the waterbody after getting information from the villagers.
Most of the SIM cards are of Robi, one of the leading mobile phone operating companies in the country,” he added.
However, locals claimed that police have found some 4,000 to 5,000 SIM cards.
Witnesses said one Rizvi first noticed some SIM cards in the waterbody while he was picking “shak.” Later, he informed the villagers and police about the recovery.
After getting the information from Rizvi, locals rushed in and picked up a huge number of SIM cards before the arrival of the police, said locals.
