Hyderabad, August 3, 2025 — In its most ambitious operation to date, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) announced today the arrest of 228 individuals in a coordinated interstate crackdown on cyber fraudsters between January 1 and July 31, 2025. The unprecedented drive extended well beyond Telangana’s borders, targeting syndicates and call‐centre rings in eight states and marking a significant escalation in India’s fight against online crime .
According to the official press release, TGCSB teams conducted three major special operations during the first half of the year, leading to:
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66 arrests linked to fake call centres—most notably a February bust in Hi-Tech City that dismantled a ring defrauding NRIs and U.S. citizens.
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77 arrests for investment and job-fraud schemes, including a May raid in Surat uncovering more than 500 nationwide cases.
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15 arrests by the Child Protection Unit in June, targeting offenders involved in 57 cases of online child sexual exploitation.
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Additional actions netted perpetrators of cyber-slavery modules (18 arrests), online trading fraud (13 arrests), SIM-box operations, identity theft and impersonation rings.
TGCSB Director V. Satyanarayana hailed the operation as a “turning point” in intelligence-led policing, crediting close coordination with Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand law-enforcement agencies. “By pooling our cyber forensics expertise and field intelligence,” he said, “we’ve dealt a severe blow to the most active fraud networks operating across state lines.”
The Bureau’s efforts have yielded tangible results: reported cyber-crime incidents in Telangana dropped by 13 percent within the first seven months of 2025, compared with the same period last year. TGCSB statistics show that the arrested syndicates were collectively responsible for 1,313 cases nationwide—189 of them in Telangana—resulting in estimated losses of approximately ₹92 crore.
Demographically, the accused were predominantly male (201 men, 27 women), aged 18 to 30, and drawn from varied backgrounds including students, IT professionals and even some bank employees. Educational qualifications ranged from graduates (49) and B.Tech holders (18) to one law graduate.
The Bureau has urged citizens to remain vigilant against emerging scam modalities and to report suspicious online activity via its 24×7 helpline (1930) or through the national cyber-crime portal at cybercrime.gov.in. As TGCSB prepares for further special operations in the coming months, authorities emphasize that public cooperation will be critical to sustaining the downward trend in cyber-crime rates.