India, Jan. 26 -- The Delhi Police arrested a national-level shooter, with medals in multiple competitions, over suspected links with an interstate cyber fraud racket that allegedly cheated a Delhi resident of over Rs 40 lakh, an official said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Himanshu Chauhan, a resident of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the Crime Branch following sustained technical and financial surveillance spanning multiple states.

"Chauhan has previously won medals at national and state shooting championships," a senior police official said in a statement, adding that he facilitated cybercrime operations by arranging mule bank accounts for the syndicate, which were then used to channel the defrauded funds. According to ...