The Pant Nagar police have arrested three people for allegedly running a racket, which involved roping in 14 women from slums and convincing them to allow others to use their KYC documents to buy phones on loan. The women were assured of a handsome monthly commission but were shocked when loan recovery agents eventually landed on their doorstep.

The mobile phones that had been bought using the women's documents had been sold to third parties. The police have, so far, traced 30 devices.