CHENNAI: The Cyber offense Cell of the city police

CHENNAI: The Cyber offense Cell of the city police on Saturday under arrest three people who flout Telecom authoritarian power of India (TRAI) plan by implanting International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number in mobile handsets from Korea.

"IMEI is like a finger print, as it is a exclusive number that is given to every mobile handset," Assistant Commissioner, CCC, Dr M Sudhakar told Express. "Without the IMEI number, communication is not probable," he said. TRAI banned implanting of IMEI numbers in mobile sets, include those from Korea and China that come without them, after November 30, 2009. "If the IMEI numbers are tampered with, altered or newly implanted, the individuality of the set is lost," the officer said.

Acting on a tip-off that a shop in Ritchie Street was clone IMEI numbers on Korean mobile handsets, a special team set up under the directive of City Police Commissioner T Rajendran and supervision of DC, CCB, C Sridhar, raid the shop and arrested Mohammed Abdullah of Royapettah, Krishnan of Tiruttani and Saddam Hussain of Perumbur and seized a Spiderman software kit between other tool..