Rs 14 crores drop as compared to last year with 571 arrests
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has tightened grip on cyber criminals. Due to strict monitoring and prompt action by the Haryana Police, the amount of cyber fraud has come down by Rs 14 crore in January 2025. Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapoor while talking to media persons said that cyber fraud of Rs 86.18 crore was done in January 2024, while in January 2025 it came down to Rs 72.84 crore. He said not only this, the police have arrested four times more cyber criminals and sent them behind bars due to the activeness and effective strategy of the police that there has been a significant reduction in cases of cyber fraud.
Haryana Police has made cyber helpline 1930 more effective to control cyber crimes. If a person lodges a complaint within six hours of being a victim of fraud, up to 70% of his cheated amount is being blocked immediately. According to DGP Kapoor, till September 2023, Haryana was ranked 23rd in the country in preventing cyber fraud, but now the state has reached the first position. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has also honored the department, praising the achievement of Haryana Police in this regard. Information reveals, Haryana Police arrested four times more cyber criminals in January 2025 arresting 571 cyber criminals in January 2025 as compared to 138 cyber criminals were arrested in January 2024. Among the arrested criminals, 130 are from Haryana and 441 from other states, of which include many big gangs who were cheating people by running fake call centers.
Cyber criminals are usually adopting different measures to cheat people including the offers of attractive interest on loans and gift schemes, part time jobs, facebook friendship with females, many more beneficial offers and, preparing nude videos and making threats posing as a police, ED and CBI officer. In a recent big scam, students changed the answer sheets of the examination using erasable ink and hair dryers. DGP Kapoor said, be cautious of foreign telephone numbers now being used by cyber criminals for cheating people. DGP Kapoor has warned the public not to pick up WhatsApp video calls coming from Cambodia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Apart from this, one also needs to be cautious of suspicious advertisements appearing on Telegram and Google, as these are often created for fraud.
