Chhattisgarh Police has conducted a major operation against cyber fraud and arrested sixty-two people by raiding about forty places in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Odisha state. Arrested persons include three citizens of Nigeria. Inspector General of Police of Raipur Range Amresh Mishra said that more than a hundred police officers and employees participated in this ‘Operation Cyber Shield’.
So far, cyber fraud of about eighty-five crore rupees has been unearthed. The arrested people used to cheat people by using methods like digital arrest, share trading, cryptocurrency, KYC update. More than fourteen hundred cases are registered against the arrested accused in police stations of various states of the country.
