Cyber criminals swiped ₹21 crore from Chandigarh residents so far in 2023

Cyber criminals have defrauded city residents of a whopping ₹21 crore since January 1 this year, police data reveals.

Of this, police managed to freeze ₹2.5 crore from going into the criminals’ accounts and ₹60.4 lakh have already been refunded to the complainants as per the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), while police are in the process of recovering the rest of the amount.

Through concerted efforts, police say they have also arrested 100 cyber criminals this year.