LUCKNOW, March 25 -- Greed got a Bengaluru-based businessman and his friend from Kanpur trapped by young cyber frauds of Lucknow. The men coerced the businessman to ask for Rs.1 crore from a friend. However, when he was forced to ask for more money his friend got suspicious and he called the police.

The Bengaluru businessman came to Lucknow on March 22 and went to strike a deal with supposed Hawala operators in the greed of earning 10% for parking cash in his account. However, the businessman and his friend from Kanpur were held hostage in a car. Police on Monday rescued the businessman Manjunath and his Kanpur friend, Sayed Asar Ahmad, after more than 24 hours.

DCP, South, Nipun Agrawal, said that on Monday, based on informers' inputs,...