India, Aug. 11 -- NOIDA

With police-style insignia and red-blue signboards, an "International Police & Crime Investigation Bureau" operated in Noida's Sector 70, claiming affiliation with Interpol, International Human Rights Commission and Eurasia Pol. But what operated under the guise was a centre specialised in collecting "donations" on its website and extorting money by impersonating government officials, police said on Sunday, after conducting a raid and busting the racket.

In a midnight raid at BS-136, Sector 70 of Noida, on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, police-acting on a tip-off about an office being run resembling an official agency-arrested six persons and seized evidence, including forged IDs, ministry certific...