Panchkula, June 16 -- The district cyber crime police have arrested two Uttar Pradesh natives for exploiting migrant labourers and using their identities to open bank accounts for their cyber fraud transactions.

The accused, Karan Kumar, originally from Unnao and currently living in Dhakoli, Zirakpur, and Kanav Kapoor, a resident of Noida, were arrested following a tip-off.

According to investigators, Karan targeted migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, luring them with false promises of government scheme benefits.

Once they agreed, he collected their identity documents and used them to open bank accounts. He would keep the passbooks, cheque books, ATM cards and SIM cards linked to these accounts.

These accounts were then used...