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The Cyber Crime Police of Hyderabad arrested 55 radical for assorted cybercrimes and registered 196 FIRs successful October 2025. A full of ₹62,34,446 was refunded to victims during the month. Zonal cyber cells besides registered 130 FIRs, arrested 29 persons, and refunded an further ₹18,22,818.
According to information shared by the wing, the arrested individuals operated 61 slope accounts that collectively saw transactions amounting to astir ₹107 crore. The accused were linked to 136 cases crossed India, including 45 wrong Telangana.
The arrests were made crossed Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, and Bihar, successful transportation with 33 cases. These included concern frauds, recognition paper fraud, integer apprehension scams, concern and trading frauds, societal media offences, security and indebtedness frauds, and occupation frauds. Police seized 31 mobile phones, 14 cheque books, passbooks, debit cards, laptops, institution stamps, and SIM cards from the accused.
Among the cardinal cases was a ‘digital arrest’ fraud successful which a 62-year-old Hyderabad nonmigratory mislaid ₹1.07 crore aft being threatened implicit a fake probe by fraudsters posing arsenic Mumbai Crime Branch officials. The accused, identified arsenic Himanshu Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Abhishek Pandey, and 4 others from Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, were arrested for their roles successful the scam. Investigators recovered they worked with Chinese handlers and utilized OTP-stealing apps to siphon wealth from victims.
In different case, a 68-year-old antheral mislaid ₹1.95 lakh aft his stolen telephone was misused for unauthorised slope transactions. Three accused, each residents of Hyderabad, were arrested and mobile phones seized.
The Cyber Crimes portion urged citizens to stay cautious of online frauds involving fake concern groups, impersonation of elder officials, and malicious links sent via WhatsApp oregon SMS. Officials clarified that nary authorities bureau conducts ‘digital arrests’ oregon demands wealth implicit video calls.
