Ludhiana, Feb. 21 -- The Khanna police have arrested nine persons for allegedly operating two interlinked cyber fraud rackets that routed nearly Rs.78 crore of defrauded money through 31 bank accounts. The accused are suspected to be linked to over 200 complaints registered across various states.

The arrested accused have been identified as Sonu Kumar of Ludhiana; Surinderpal Singh, alias deputy of Khanna; Vicky Prasad of Mandi Gobindgarh; Rajan of Ludhiana; Gopal of Jodhpur (Rajasthan); Alia Ahmad of Delhi; Sumit Kumar Jha of West Bengal; Mallan Rai alias Sonu of Khanna; and Ramdhan of Mandi Gobindgarh.

Police said Alia Ahmad was the kingpin of the racket. The network also had overseas links, including connections in Dubai.

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