Hyderabad: In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested 228 individuals, including 27 women, across India between January and July 2025.

The arrests, made through 7 Cybercrime Police Stations, span multiple states, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand.

Major cybercrimes busted include Fake call centres, job scams, investment frauds, child exploitation, cyber slavery, and digital arrests.

“This year’s crackdown covered a wide range of cybercrimes-from fake call centres and job  scams to child exploitation and cyber slavery rings. This extensive enforcement effort, including three special operations conducted during this period by TGCSB resulted in a 13 percent decline in cybercrime cases in Telangana during the first half of this year,”said Shikha Goel, Director, Telangana Cyber Security Bureau, Hyderabad.

Some of the special Operations Conducted in 2025

Fake Call Centre Busted (February 2025)-A fake call centre operating from Patrika Nagar, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, was dismantled, wherein 63 individuals, mostly from Gujarat and the North Eastern states, were arrested for targeting NRIs and US citizens in cyber fraud schemes.

Interstate Cyber Fraud Crackdown in Gujarat (May 2025)- A 10-day operation was carried out in Surat from May 1st to May 10th, 2025, leading to the arrest of 20 cyber fraudsters linked to over 60 cases in Telangana and 515 cases across India.

Statewide Action Against Online Child Sexual Abuse (June 2025)-The Child Protection Unit (CPU) of TGCSB arrested 15 habitual offenders associated with 57 cyber tipline complaints involving Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) across Telangana.

Besides these special operations, Bureau also arrested various other accused involved in multiple crimes from every corner of India, including Telangana (93), Nagaland (42), Gujarat (20), Andhra Pradesh (17), West Bengal (6), Uttar Pradesh (6), Manipur (5), Assam (5), Maharashtra (5), Odisha (5), Karnataka (3), Bihar (3), Meghalaya (2), Tamil Nadu (1), Haryana (1), Jharkhand (1), and Madhya Pradesh (1).

The arrested individuals were found to be involved in various types of cyber offences, including 66 related to fake call centres, 77 in investment and job frauds, 15 CSEAM-related, 18 in cyber slavery modules, 13 online trading frauds, and several other offences such as illegal SIM Box operators, digital arrest, identity theft, impersonation,  and other Cyber crimes.

The arrested accused belong to various social economic sections of the society like private employees, students, software professionals, bank employees, etc. A majority of the accused belong to the age group of 18 to 30 years (149 accused out of 228). Most of the accused person are educated, with 49 of them being graduates,18 B-Tech graduates and one of the accused is a Law graduate.

With these arrests, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau as made considerable dent in the cyber crime activity in the state, said Goel. The Bureau reiterates its dedication to proactive cybercrime detection and firm legal action against those involved in digital offences. Citizens are advised to stay vigilant and report any suspicious online activity on 1930 or Portal: cybercrime.gov.in.