Siddharthnagar (UP), Dec. 17 -- Police have busted a major cyber fraud racket and arrested five accused who cheated people across several Indian states of more than Rs 1.07 crore The accused lured victims and transferred the money into their bank accounts, which was later used for personal expenses.

According to Circle Officer Vishwajeet Sauryan, a case has been registered at Kotwali Kapilvastu police station. During the investigation, it was found that 35 complaints had been lodged against the accused on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from different states. These complaints confirmed that the accused had obtained money through deception using mule bank accounts.

The arrested have been identified as Shehzad Khan, Ashish Kumar M...