PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 13 -- Three youngsters from Bihar were allegedly cheated of Rs 3.10 lakh by a group of individuals who promised to send them to Russia for employment. After collecting the money, the accused reportedly shut down their office in New Delhi and disappeared. Following a complaint, the Manjhanpur Kotwali police in Kaushambi have registered an FIR and launched an investigation. According to police, Ravi Singh, Rohit Kumar Singh and Dinesh Kumar Singh, residents of Mahuar village under Shahpur police station limits in Bihar's Bhojpur district, approached superintendent of police (SP) Satyanarayan Prajapat seeking action against the accused. In their complaint, the trio alleged that Shanu Ahmed, a resident of Chak Bijlipur Shamsabad in the Manjhanpur Kotwali area of Kaushambi, along with his associates Bablu of Khakhreru in Fatehpur and Arif, Ubdar Ehsan, and Shah Alam of Uttam Nagar in New Delhi, collected Rs 3.10 lakh from them on the pretext of arranging jobs in Russia. The victims claimed they were repeatedly called to the accused persons' office in New Delhi during the recruitment process. They were later issued air tickets for travel from Mumbai to Russia on July 21. However, the tickets were allegedly cancelled on July 20, just before their departure. Suspecting foul play, the youths visited the New Delhi office, only to find it locked. Subsequent attempts to contact the accused failed as their mobile phones were switched off. Taking serious note of the complaint, SP Prajapat directed Manjhanpur Kotwali SHO Vineet Singh to initiate legal action. Based on the complaint, police registered a case against the accused late Tuesday night and started an investigation into the alleged fraud. Chandauli Police arrested two people accused of facilitating cyber fraud through mule accounts near the DRM office at Mughalsarai on Monday night, police said. On Tuesday, superintendent of police Akash Patel said the accused, identified as Nitish Kumar of Nawada, Bihar, and Aman Sharma of Chandauli were arrested near the VIP Gate of the DRM office. Police recovered five passbooks, a chequebook, six debit cards, six SIM cards, two forged Aadhaar cards, three smartphones and Rs.650 in cash from them. Investigation found cyber fraud amounting to Rs.7,20,725 through eight accounts. The gang reportedly has a network spread across 17 states and lured people with promises of loans. Transactions linked to several NCRP complaints from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were found in the accounts. Police said Aman Sharma arranged bank accounts from local residents and collected their banking documents and SIM cards. Nitish Kumar then obtained the accounts and handed them to Sonu Singh of Nawada, who allegedly passed them on to other gang members....