PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 27 -- Cyber fraudsters created three fake websites of the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) by imitating its official site. The fraudsters not only used the board's name and logo but also displayed photographs of chief minister Yogi Adityanath and senior education department officials to make the sites look authentic, police said.

Based on a complaint filed by UP Board additional secretary (administration) Satyendra Kumar Singh at the Cyber Crime police station in Prayagraj, an FIR was registered, police said, adding all three fake websites had been blocked. "The culprits will be identified by gathering information from the domain operators and server companies," said Kuldeep Singh Gunawat, nodal office...