Ludhiana, Jan. 28 -- In a major breakthrough in a cyber fraud case, Khanna police have arrested three persons and recovered Rs.21.41 lakh that had been siphoned off from a local doctor's bank accounts, with the entire amount retuned to the victim, officials said on Tuesday.

The case was registered at the cyber crime police station, Khanna, on January 13 under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 66-D of the Information Technology Act.

The arrests were made as part of a special drive launched to curb cybercrime and other organised financial offences. Inspector Vinod Kumar, in-charge of the cyber crime police station, said the complainant, Dr Gurjeet Singh of Karamsar Rara Sahib, reported that unknown...