Meerut, Dec. 7 -- Police said they have busted a cyber fraud that targeted people in multiple states and was operated out of a call centre in Pilibhit. After a raid on the said call centre, police arrested three men who ran the facility and siphoned off money from bank accounts across India.

The key accused reportedly learnt the ropes of running such a facility in Dubai.

The arrests followed an intensive probe into suspicious bank accounts flagged on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).

Pilibhit ASP Vikram Dahiya said an investigation revealed unusual activity linked to a Jan Seva Kendra run by one Gaurav Sharma in the Ghunghchai area. Acting on surveillance inputs, police arrested the alleged mastermind Amritpal Singh of H...