PRAYAGRAJ, July 31 -- A joint team of Nawabganj police and SOG Ganganagar arrested an alleged cow smuggler Mohammed Zaid on Tuesday night from his house in Chafri village under Nawabganj police station area. Zaid is the nephew of Mohammed Muzaffar, a close associate of slain mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. As the news about the arrest of Zaid spread in the village, agitated villagers arrived at Nawabganj police station and created a ruckus. The police said that a reward of Rs 50,000 had been announced on Zaid after which the arrest was made. Zaid is allegedly involved in cow smuggling in Prayagraj and nearby districts. The police have also released his crime record. The police said that during interrogation, Zaid had confessed to have bought and sold cows from various parts of Kanpur, Fatehpur, Kaushambi etc. districts besides slaughtering stray cows. However, family members alleged that the police arrested Zaid just because he was related to Mohammed Muzaffar, the Samajwadi Party block pramukh of Kaudihar block. According to the family members, Zaid was forcibly picked up by the police at gunpoint at night. The villagers alleged that no clear reason was given as to why the police had detained Zaid, and neither any information was being given nor the family members were being allowed to meet him. The women who reached the police station said that this action of the police was wrong and an outcome of political animosity. Zaid's uncle and SP block pramukh Mohammad Muzaffar is currently lodged in jail. Several criminal cases are registered against him. The family have accused the police of taking action with the intention of pressuring and harassing him. SHO of Nawabganj police station Raghvendra Singh said that Zaid had been sent to jail on Wednesday afternoon. Cyber Cell police here on Wednesday arrested five men accused of running a fraud racket involving 'digital arrest' through fake crime branch threats, leading to the recovery of three expensive vehicles, including a Mercedes car, eight mobile phones, 14 SIM cards, a POS machine, and five cheque books. The accused were allegedly operating under the guidance of cyber criminals active in South Asian countries via Telegram groups, and received commission for each fraud executed. According to DCP (Trans Ganga) and Nodal Cyber Cell officer Kuldeep Singh Gunawat, the case began after a complaint was lodged by Harsh Bhatt, a resident of Mundera locality under Dhoomanganj police station limits, who reported being defrauded of Rs 28.62 lakh on September 9, 2024. A case was lodged at the Cyber Police Station under sections 351(3), 319(2), 318(4), 308(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act. All five accused have been sent to jail. Bhatt had initially received a call from someone claiming to be from FEDEX International Courier. He was told that a parcel addressed in his name and heading from Mumbai to Iran contained drugs, and that 70 terrorists were allegedly found using his identity. Following this, he was allegedly kept under prolonged 'digital arrest' and out of fear, transferred Rs 28.62 lakh to the bank accounts provided by the scammers....