Jamtara, March 18 Six cybercriminals were arrested in the Jamtara district of Jharkhand on Wednesday, a senior police official said.
The accused were apprehended from a deserted area near the Padamdih village, within the jurisdiction of the Karmatar police station, following a tip-off, he said.
"Based on a tip-off, we arrested six cybercriminals. For the past four to five years, they had been defrauding people by running a fake company. They provided customer care numbers in the name of the company, collected forms from people, and obtained their mobile numbers," Jamtara SP Rajkumar Mehta said.
Police recovered one laptop, 18 SIM cards, 13 mobile phones, and four motorcycles from their possession, the SP said.
This gang had defrauded people in various parts of the country. A detailed investigation into the case has been initiated, police said.