India, June 2 -- Two members of an organised cyber fraud gang have been arrested from Bihar for cheating pilgrims in the name of helicopter bookings for the Char Dham Yatra after a week-long operation based on technical evidence, banking trails, and mobile data analysis, police said on Tuesday.

Cyber fraudsters have been exploiting the yatra rush through fake booking offers, prompting the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) to intensify its crackdown on online fraud.

Senior police superintendent Ajai Singh said Deepak Kumar and Vijit Kumar, in their 20s, used fake Facebook, Instagram pages and WhatsApp to lure pilgrims seeking helicopter tickets. He added the arrests were made as part of the investigation into a case of cheating throug...