The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested 48 individuals from across eight States during special operations carried out in July. The arrested persons were involved in 415 cyber fraud cases registered across the country, including 78 in Telangana. A total of ₹2.2 crore was refunded to victims.
Among those arrested, six were involved in digital arrest frauds, 21 in investment and trading scams, and 21 in various other types of cyber offences. The arrests were made based on 301 complaints received through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP). Of these, 179 FIRs were registered at cyber crime police stations, while 90 cases were filed with the help of Zonal Cyber Cells in other police stations.
The accused had links to cases registered in multiple states including Andhra Pradesh (16), Delhi (19), Gujarat (24), Karnataka (72), Maharashtra (23), Tamil Nadu (27), West Bengal (60), and Telangana (78), among others.
Items seized during the operations include 89 mobile phones, 56 cheque books, 94 debit cards, 3 laptops, 12 shell company stamps, 25 SIM cards, 39 bank passbooks, 2 tablets, a pack of visiting cards, and ₹1 lakh in cash.
Refunds were processed across various categories of fraud: ₹5.15 crore in investment frauds, ₹9.64 lakh in trading scams, ₹3.58 lakh in OTP frauds, and ₹14.25 crore in impersonation cases, among others.
In one of the cases, a businessman lost ₹1.11 crore in a fake import-export deal involving a non-existent Hong Kong-based firm introduced by Lakshya Verma of Trade Fundament of Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. The accused, Para Singla, was arrested in this case.
A separate digital arrest case involved a 76-year-old woman from Secunderabad, who was coerced into transferring ₹40.5 lakh after being falsely told she was implicated in a human trafficking case. One accused, Sourav S. of Chitradurga, Karnataka, was arrested and 2 mobile phones, 5 cheque books, 10 debit/credit cards, 3 company stamps and visiting cards were seized.
Further investigation is ongoing.
Published – August 01, 2025 08:12 pm IST
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