Jamtara/Deoghar (Jharkhand), Dec 10 (PTI) Nine people were arrested for allegedly being involved in cybercrimes in Jharkhand's Jamtara and Deoghar districts, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid near an upgraded primary school at Hirapur in Jamtara on Tuesday and arrested "five cybercriminals engaged in online fraud", an official statement said.

They were booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act, the police said.

Twelve SIM cards and nine mobile phones were recovered from their possession, the statement said.

The arrested criminals managed to obtain personal and confidential details of people through apps facilitating financial transactions, and then defrauded them through online mode, the police said.

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