Over ₹22 crore returned to cybercrime victims since 2019, says Vizag CP

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Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi handing implicit    wealth  mislaid  successful  cyber fraud to a unfortunate  successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Wednesday.

Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi handing implicit wealth mislaid successful cyber fraud to a unfortunate successful Visakhapatnam connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

The metropolis constabulary person refunded ₹4.98 crore to citizens who mislaid wealth to cyber frauds truthful acold this year. With this, the constabulary person achieved a milestone by recovering and returning the highest magnitude of wealth to cyber-fraud victims successful the State, said Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi.

Addressing the media successful Visakhapatnam connected Wednesday, Mr Bagchi said that since 2019, the constabulary person refunded ₹22.47 crore to 1,240 victims who had mislaid wealth to cyber frauds. He noted that much than ₹20 crore of this magnitude has been refunded since 2024.

Published - March 11, 2026 08:21 p.m. IST

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