LUCKNOW, Dec. 1 -- Basti police on Sunday arrested six members of what officials described as an organised inter-state cyber fraud syndicate that quietly operated through dozens of mule bank accounts spread across Uttar Pradesh and beyond.

"The arrests were made during an early-morning raid by teams from Kotwali, Lalganj, and Sonha police stations, assisted by the district cyber cell," DIG, Basti Range, Sanjeev Tyagi told reporters.

"Police first picked up Sujit Chaudhary, Nipendra Chaudhary, and Ramnath Chauhan from the Mathauli Chhath Ghat area around 8.10 am. Less than an hour later, another team intercepted Ashwini Pathak, Nikhil Tripathi, and Prashant Mishra near the Basti bus stand," the DIG added.

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