Cyber attack Assam: Eight arrested in Morigaon on cybercrime charges
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Guwahati: At least eight persons were arrested in Morigaon, Assam on suspicion of being involved in a cybercrime racket.

According to reports, the accused were arrested from the Laharighat area of Morigaon, Assam based on specific inputs present with the police.

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Based on the input, the police initiated an operation and apprehended eight suspects.

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The prime accused were identified as Jahanur Ali, Fardis Ali, Wakibur Rahman, Hussain Jahangir Ali, and Babul Islam.

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While the exact mode of their operations was not disclosed.

A source said they were engaged in an interstate phishing and fake loan scam.

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The police had been tracking their activities for a long time and on Thursday, the suspects were nabbed.

All of them are taken into custody while some managed to escape, a source said.

Further investigations related to the scam is being carried out by the police.