Bhopal, Aug 25 - Madhya Pradesh Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang involved in online fraud with the arrest of a Nigerian national and his Indian wife from New Delhi. The gang is said to have had links in the US, Britain and Nigeria.

'A Nigerian Emma Osaiku, 32, and his Indian wife Lal Manghai, 30, belonging to Manipur involved in phishing and hacking of bank accounts have been arrested by the cyber crime cell of the Madhya Pradesh Police from Arjun Nagar in Delhi Aug 22 and produced before the Patiala House court,' Inspector General of Police (Cyber) R.K. Mishra said.

Mishra said Emma had been handed over on transit remand, while his wife was released on a seven-day bail in view of her advanced stage of pregnancy.

'Five mobile phones, a pen drive and other documents were seized from their house in New Delhi. An MMS on the mobile revealed that they had links in the US and Britain'.

Emma, who was here on a business visa, is believed to be one of the organisers of the infamous '419' scam with operational bases in Nigeria.

The '419' fraud is named after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code.

The modus operandi of the gang was simple.