India, Oct. 23 -- The Jhalawar police in Rajasthan have busted a large inter-state cyber fraud syndicate involved in scams targeting central and state government welfare schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan). The police action, codenamed 'Operation Shutdown', led to the arrest of 30 individuals, including the alleged mastermind, and the seizure of Rs.53 lakh in cash, luxury vehicles, and thousands of fraudulent banking documents.

According to Jhalawar superintendent of police Amit Kumar, the operation involved over 70 police teams working continuously for 70 hours. The police recovered Rs.52.69 lakh in cash, a currency counting machine, 35 laptops and computers, 70 mobile phones, 12 luxury vehicles (30 vehic...