Odisha STF busts 'mule' bank account racket, 3 held

The special task force (STF) of the Odisha Police has busted an interstate racket of opening ‘mule’ bank accounts and arrested three persons in this connection, an official said on Thursday.

The three – two from Balasore and one from West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district – were apprehended here on Wednesday for being involved in the racket, he said, adding that the mastermind was among those arrested.

They were operating mainly in the tri-junction area, especially in the districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj in Odisha, Purba and Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal and East and West Singhbhum and Saraikela in Jharkhand, the official said.