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Hyderabad Cybercrime Police Arrest 35 in 23 Cases, Refund ₹88.48 Lakh to Victims in September

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (UNI) Hyderabad City Cyber Crime Police arrested 35 persons across nine states in connection with 23 cybercrime cases during September 2026 and facilitated refunds of ₹88.48 lakh to victims, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes and SIT) M. Srinivasulu said on Saturday.
The Cyber Crime Police Station registered 83 FIRs during the month following the receipt of multiple complaints through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), Srinivasulu said in a release here.
Of the 35 persons arrested, 10 were from Telangana, nine from Andhra Pradesh, six from Maharashtra, three each from Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Bihar, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab.
The arrests were made in cases involving social media fraud, investment scams, digital arrest, trading fraud, identity theft, extortion, job fraud, customer care fraud and advertisement fraud.
Police seized 10 mobile phones, seven cheque books and a shell company stamp.
According to a release, ₹40.24 lakh was refunded in trading fraud cases, ₹9.20 lakh in investment fraud cases, ₹6.91 lakh in digital arrest cases, ₹5.50 lakh in APK file fraud cases and ₹50,016 in advertisement fraud cases.
Refunds were also facilitated in OTP fraud and unauthorised UPI transaction cases.
The Zonal Cyber Cells received 2,767 NCRP petitions during September, registered 381 FIRs and arrested 11 persons in 10 cases.
They also facilitated refunds of ₹67.54 lakh to victims,
As part of cyber patrol operations, police identified 140 social media profiles and 30 paid advertisements allegedly promoting objectionable content involving minors, fraudulent investment schemes, misleading betting predictions, fake job opportunities and other suspicious services.
All 140 identified profiles were reported to the respective platforms and taken down.
The ongoing cyber patrol initiative has so far resulted in the identification and removal of 1,457 social media profiles and 2,603 paid promotional advertisements allegedly promoting online gaming, illegal betting and fake investment websites.
Nine FIRs have been registered against the promoters, the release said.
Under the C-Mitra initiative, police made 1,928 calls to victims to provide guidance and support and registered 307 Zero FIRs based on complaints received during the month, it said.
The release also highlighted the Money Restoration Module (MRM), which facilitates the recovery of funds frozen in suspected cyber fraud accounts, and the Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM), which addresses complaints relating to frozen bank accounts and funds held during cybercrime investigations.
Police cautioned citizens against fake profiles of government officials, fraudulent investment groups, malicious APK files, phishing links, WhatsApp impersonation, matrimonial scams and digital arrest frauds.
Citizens were advised to report cyber fraud immediately by calling 1930 or visiting www.cybercrime.gov.in. (http://www.cybercrime.gov.in).
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