Twenty-five people, including 10 women, were arrested from two cybercafes here during a police crackdown against surfing of pornographic sites.

Police said adult sites were being watched in the cybercafes Monday night, and cabins at one centre were used for "obscene acts".

The drama continued until late night, with those arrested being let off after their parents were called in.

The families, however, alleged their children were being framed.

"The policemen are out to impress their bosses by claiming to curb pornography when they have been unable to check rapes and murders in the city," said one of the men arrested.

He said his girlfriend had come along to the cybercafe but "that does not mean we were indulging in obscenity".

Others said they had gone to type in resumes.

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the surfing of pornographic sites at cybercafes and ordered that partitions and cubicles at Internet centres be pulled down.

Police have already raided cybercafes in Agra and Aligarh.

A top police official refuted allegations of high-handedness and misbehaviour during Monday's action, saying the raid was led by a woman IPS officer.