The illegal telephone exchange racket routed international VoIP calls through local mobile numbers. Representation pic

In a joint operation by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Latur police, two persons were arrested from Hyderabad for running an illegal telephone exchange racket that allegedly allowed Pakistan's intelligence agency to acquire sensitive military information from India. The racket is purported to have cost a loss of R15 crore to the national exchequer.