Punjab Police has busted an interstate cyber fraud racket and arrested 38 people from a resort during a raid, officials said on Friday. The raid was conducted jointly by teams from the Kapurthala Cyber Cell and the city police station in Phagwara on Thursday night.
The arrested accused, including some women, were taken to Kapurthala in a bus. The group comprises individuals from various states, including Punjab, New Delhi, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Haryana, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra, according to police.
Police sources revealed that the group was defrauding people in the United States and Canada by offering fake software solutions. They reportedly hacked electronic devices of unsuspecting victims as part of their scheme. One of the accused, who allegedly operated the racket, had leased the resort premises and hired several people to manage an illegal call centre.
An FIR registered in the early hours of Friday stated that the arrests were made under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including charges of cheating, as well as under the Information Technology Act.
During the raid, police recovered 40 laptops, 67 mobile phones, and Rs 10 lakh in cash.
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