BETTIAH, Dec. 1 -- Cyber police in East Champaran district on Sunday evening arrested two men for allegedly running a cyber fraud racket by posing as policemen and extorting Rs.1 lakh from a victim in Uttar Pradesh.

Rajeev Kumar Sinha, additional station house officer of Motihari Cyber Police, said the victim, Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari of Ballia (UP), was duped through repeated WhatsApp calls. The fraudsters posed as police officers and trapped him by claiming they could secure the "safe release" of his brother, who they said had been caught in a criminal case.

"Ashutosh realised he had been cheated only after depositing Rs.1 lakh into the bank account provided by them. During the investigation, the account was found to be in the name of on...