India, June 10 -- In a significant development in one of Ludhiana's biggest cyber fraud cases, a local court has ordered the release of an accused from judicial custody after finding that the investigation had failed to produce any material linking him to the alleged racket.

Additional chief judicial m,agistrate Dazy Bangarh directed the release of Kashish Jain, who was arrested on May 15 in connection with an FIR registered at the cyber crime police station. The case pertains to an alleged international cyber fraud racket in which 138 persons were arrested in mid-May this year.

Police had alleged that the accused were linked to a cyber fraud network targeting victims in abroad. Most of the accused have since secured bail.

The court re...