LUCKNOW, June 27 -- Five members of an inter-district gang were arrested on Friday after an investigation into two cyber fraud cases in Lucknow uncovered their involvement in stealing and snatching mobile phones and using the victims' SIM cards to gain unauthorised access to bank accounts and digital wallets.

The arrests were made during the investigation of an FIR registered at Mahaniganj police station after a complainant alleged that Rs.3.91 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account shortly after his mobile phone was snatched. The case has been registered under sections 309(4), 318(4), 238, 111(2)(II) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with Section 66D of the Information Technology Act.

During investigati...