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By IANSBENGALURU: A mobile shop owner was arrested for allegedly selling SIM cards to customers, including foreign nationals and drug peddlers without verifying their address proof and identity documents, police said. "We have arrested accused Syed Sibgathullah, 32, and sealed his retail mobile shop at Kammanahalli in the city's northeast suburb selling SIM cards to customers without verifying their identity as per the know your customer (KYC) norms," city Crime Branch Deputy Commissioner of Police Kuldip Jain told IANS here. On a tip-off from an informer, police filed an FIR against Sibgathullah under sections 420, 465 and 468 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) that he was selling subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to customers by misleading mobile operators on their identity or bona fides. Initial interrogation revealed that he would give his other numbers to third-party members of the operators who call to verify the address proof and identity documents to confirm on behalf of the dubious customers. Police also recovered a couple of mobile phones the vendor was using to check their call records for ascertaining if there are any accomplice with him in the crime..