Delhi-based YouTuber held by UP STF for cyber fraud

A Delhi-based YouTuber with 30 lakh subscribers on his channel has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police for an alleged cyber fraud, officials said on Wednesday.

The accused was held from his residence in Jamia Nagar on Tuesday evening by the STF team from Lucknow, the officials said.

Accused Isa Rahi had created a fake website of the Uttar Pradesh Madrassa Board and using it to draw viewership on his YouTube channel, a senior official said.

"An official of the Madrassa Education Board had approached the UP Police in June this year with a complaint about the fake website running in the name of the Madrassa board," Additional Superintendent of Police, STF, Vishal Vikram Singh said.

"The matter was taken up by the cyber team of the STF which found that it was being operated by 24-year-old Rahi from Jamia Nagar in Delhi and he was picked up on Tuesday evening," Singh added.

During initial probe, Rahi told investigators that he had purchased the domain in ..