Kota, Oct 27 (PTI) Six more people have been arrested from multiple states in connection with an interstate cyber fraud network that infiltrated several central and state government welfare schemes, causing financial losses worth crores of rupees, police said on Monday.

The accused were held from Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Bharatpur and Jodhpur. Two government employees were detained from Rajasthan’s Dausa and Phalodi, officials said.

The arrests were made as part of ‘Operation Shutter Down’, launched by the Jhalawar police last week to crack down on cyber fraud in government welfare schemes.

Superintendent of Police (SP), Jhalawar, Amit Kumar, said the investigation has exposed a highly organised network that gained unauthorised access to portals, including PM-Kisan Samman N

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