Dehradun, July 27 -- Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) arrested an alleged key member of an inter-state cyber fraud syndicate from the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in connection with a Rs.24.95 lakh cyber fraud case. The accused, identified as Ziaur Gazi (40), a resident of Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas, was arrested from Habra Bazar following an investigation into a complaint lodged by a Dehradun resident. According to STF, unidentified cyber fraudsters allegedly hacked the complainant's mobile phone, changed the linked email ID and mobile number, and fraudulently transferred nearly Rs.24.95 lakh from the bank account of the complainant's company. On his complaint, an FIR was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Dehradun, under relevant provisions of BNS and the Information Technology (IT) Act. Senior Superintendent of Police (STF) Ajai Singh said investigators analysed banking records, registered mobile numbers and other digital evidence obtained from banks, telecom service providers and Meta, following which the accused was identified and a police team was sent to West Bengal. "During questioning, Gazi admitted that he opened bank accounts and arranged ATM cards and SIM cards for cyber fraudsters in return for financial benefits. He had opened around 12 bank accounts in his own name and facilitated the opening of accounts in the names of other individuals before handing over the banking credentials to members of the cyber fraud network," Singh said....