LUCKNOW, Sept. 12 -- Police in the state capital busted a gang of cybercriminals and arrested six people in an operation carried out in the BBD police station area on Friday.

Those arrested include Mushir Ahmed (26), Anwar Ahmed (28), Arshad Ali (28) from Bahraich; Riku (19) from Barabanki; and Lucknow residents Amit Kumar Jaiswal (44) and Arjun Bhargava (47).

An FIR has been registered under sections of the BNS and IT Act at BBD police station.

The joint team of DCP East's Crime/Surveillance Unit and BBD police recovered Rs.26 lakh, digital currency worth Rs.1.30 crore, fake IDs, mobile phones, and vehicles used in the crime, a police department release on Friday read.

Investigators said the gang cheated people across several states ...