The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force, acting on orders from the Prime Minister's Office, arrested three members of a gang for allegedly defrauding people by issuing fake tenders for the One Nation, One Ration Card scheme, an official said on Friday.

Santosh Semwal, the suspected gang leader, was arrested from Delhi on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday for defrauding people of crores by issuing fake tenders in the name of the deputy secretary of the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the Special Task Force (STF) official said.