India, June 26 -- Six persons from Jharkhand and New Delhi have been arrested for allegedly running a cyber fraud racket that used malicious APK files disguised as Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) payment alerts to gain access to victims' phones and siphon money from their bank accounts.

The accused have been identified as Arif Ansari, 28, Shaikh Naushad, 28, Mehboob Alam, 26, Mohan Mohanto, 23, Sunil Soren, 25, all residents of Jharkhand, and Sajid Ali, 29, from New Delhi.

"The accused used to make APK files and send people MGL Gas Unblock files. They used to tell people either you have not paid the bill or used to ask them to send Rs.1 after downloading the apk file to continue the gas connections," said a police officer.

Once the victims...