Ahmedabad: India were all out for 145 in their first innings in reply to England's 112 at tea on the second day of the day-night third Test here on Thursday.

Resuming at an overnight 99 for 3, India added just 46 runs from 20.2 overs for the loss of seven wickets. It took 53.2 overs in all for the Indian innings to fold before an early tea break was taken.

The home team has a lead of mere 33 runs.

England skipper Joe Root did the star turn with the ball, picking five wickets in 6.2 overs, giving away just 8 runs in the process. Rohit Sharma top-scored for India with 66-run knock.

Ravichandran Ashwin added a crucial 17 runs off 32 balls before he became England captain Joe Root's one of the five victims.

India have taken a first innings lead of 33 runs.

Brief Scores:

England 1st Innings: 112 all out

India 1st Innings: 145 all out in 53.2 overs (Rohit Sharma 66, Virat Kohli 27; Jack Leach 4/54, Joe Root 5/8).

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Baghpat (PTI): An interstate cyber-fraud racket involved in duping people on the pretext of providing bank jobs was busted by police in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday with the arrest of seven people, including two women, officials said.

Police said the accused were running a fake call centre and luring job seekers from several states by issuing forged appointment letters and fabricated agreements in the name of bank recruitment, collecting large sums of money in return.

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Twelve mobile phones, two laptops, two SIM cards on fake names, several forged appointment letters and agreements, 15 bank passbooks, two chequebooks, UPI QR codes, ATM cards and 11 other cards were seized from the possession of the accused, police said, adding that the data of around 6,450 people from different states was found stored in the laptops.

According to the officials, the gang misused information obtained from online platforms, such as OLX and job-related websites, to target unsuspecting victims.

The racket was uncovered following complaints received on the Union home ministry's "Pratibimb" portal and subsequent technical surveillance.

Investigations revealed at least 20 complaints from various states, including Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Meghalaya.

The arrested accused were identified as Mohit Kumar, Puneet Kumar, Vardaan, Anuj Kumar and Akshay, besides the two women.

They were arrested at around 11:30 am from under the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Kotwali Baghpat area.

A case has been registered at the cyber crime police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D of the Information Technology Act, police said.