Silchar, Nov. 2 -- Assam Police's Special Task Force (STF) arrested six persons in Guwahati for their alleged involvement in an organised financial fraud network linked to Pakistan Intelligence Operatives (PIOs), police said on Monday.

The racket allegedly used mule bank accounts to route fraudulent transactions across the country and cheated victims of several crores of rupees over the past two years, the STF said.

In an official statement, Assam police said the STF took up the investigation following intelligence inputs from Gajraj Military Intelligence (MI), Tezpur. The case originated from a complaint lodged in Sonitpur district last month regarding an online financial fraud and was subsequently transferred to the STF for further in...