VARANASI, May 17 -- Three members of a gang involved in creating "mule" bank accounts -- used by criminals, often unknowingly, to facilitate the movement of illicit funds -- and selling fake SIM cards to cyber criminals were arrested in Varanasi on Saturday, authorities said. The arrests were made by a joint team of Varanasi police commissionerate and cyber cell, they said, adding the accused were identified as Suryakant Vishwakarma, 25, Vikash Maurya, 30, and Mohammad Arman 23, all residents of different localities in Varanasi.

According to a police officer, the case came to light when Mehtab Khan, a resident of Nayi Basti, visited the ministry of home affairs' website (https://tafcop.sancharsaathi.gov.in/telecomUser) to check the numbe...