LUCKNOW, July 23 -- In what is said to be the biggest recovery in a cyber fraud case in the city, Lucknow Police seized Rs.1.07 crore in cash, 103 mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, 79 ATM cards, 22 bank passbooks, 13 chequebooks, two note-counting machines, and 14 Aadhaar cards, some of which were allegedly forged. The massive haul came after a joint raid by the Crime Team (DCP East) and Gudamba police at a residential flat in Smriti Apartment, Jankipuram, on Wednesday.

As many as 16 people were arrested from the flat, 12 from Chhattisgarh and four from Gujarat, who were allegedly running a pan-India online betting scam, commissioner of police, Lucknow, Amrendra K Sengar said in a press conference.

According to police, t...