India, July 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday carried out raids at several locations in seven states including Delhi, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh in its probe into cyber crimes including digital arrest scandals and arrested three individuals, in which it had last month unearthed 850,000 bank mule accounts used by cyber criminals in 700 bank branches across India.

A CBI spokesperson said on Wednesday that "in continuation of the efforts under Operation Chakra-V to combat cybercrime and digital arrest scams, raids were conducted at multiple locations across seven states," adding that searches resulted in recovery of voluminous incriminating evidence including mobile phones,...