On July 21, the army formation at Manipur learnt that ATSUM was giving pre-activated SIM cards of Airtel connection for the mobile. Later, the Army filed an FIR against Airtel as well as ATSUM on July24. An FIR against Airtel as well as ATSUM was filed by the Army. It was further learnt that the number of such SIM cards was about 2000 and these cards in the possession of militants would adversely impact on the military functioning in the area. The Indian Army has filed an FIR against Airtel and the All Tribal Students Union of Manipur (ATSUM) for distributing pre-activated SIM cards for the mobile without verification as this not only constituted a grave security threat, but was also in direct contradiction of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) guidelines.

Source: dna July 25, 2016 07:52 UTC