Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough under ‘Operation Netra,’ Jharsuguda police on Tuesday arrested 11 persons involved in a multi-state cyber fraud racket that used mule accounts to siphon money.

The accused include Sonu Mandal, Shubham Prasad, Shivam Sahu, Abhay Ghosh, Sameer Suna, and M. Jagadeeshwar Rao of Jharsuguda; Yogeshwar Chand of Sambalpur; Naresh Bagh, Dhiraj Gardia, Abhiraj Shah of Rourkela; and a minor.

According to Jharsuguda SP Gundala Reddy Raghavendra, the gang targeted students and daily wage workers across western Odisha, including Sambalpur, Sonepur, Sundergarh, Rourkela, and Jharsuguda.

“Their modus operandi involved giving Rs 5,000 to account holders and Rs 10,000 to mediators. The account holders would then hand over their bank details to the mediators, who used

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