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Karnataka has witnessed implicit 57,000 cyber transgression cases successful the past 3 years, accounting for fiscal fraud to the tune of ₹5,473 crore, according to Home Minister G. Parameshwara.
In numbers
Replying to BJP subordinate Cement Manju during Question Hour successful the Assembly, helium said 22,255 cyber transgression cases had been filed successful 2023 successful Karnataka amounting to fiscal fraud of ₹873.29 crore. In 2024, the fig of registered cyber transgression cases stood astatine 22,478, accounting for fiscal fraud of ₹2,562 crore. So far, successful 2025, these cases person stood astatine 13,000 with a fiscal fraud of ₹2,038 crore.
So far, it had been imaginable to retrieve lone ₹627 crore successful these cases of cyber crime, helium said, portion pointing retired that much than 10,700 cases had been solved truthful far.
Most cases successful Bengaluru
The statistic provided by the Minister shows that Bengaluru metropolis tops the database of cities successful presumption of cyber crimes successful 2025 by accounting for 9,326 cases. Among the districts, Bengaluru Urban territory accounted for 384 cases, followed by Vijayapura (340), Tumakuru (243), Ramanagara territory (192), Udupi territory (171), Mysuru metropolis (166) and Mysuru territory (56).
Listing the efforts by the State authorities to curb cyber crimes, the Minister said Karnataka had created a cyber vertical led by a DGP similar the CID and Prisons Department for the archetypal time successful the country. As galore arsenic 43 cyber constabulary stations had been acceptable up ace down against cyber crime, helium said.
Online betting
Dr. Parameshwara said that incidents of online betting had accrued some wrong the state and abroad.
He said the State authorities had tried to bring changes to the existing authorities to prohibition online betting. But the Online India Gaming Federation had got a enactment from the courts against specified changes. The State had present approached the Supreme Court and the lawsuit had been listed for December 19, helium said.
Though the Centre excessively had brought successful a authorities to curb online betting, that authorities excessively had been stayed, helium said.
