Hyderabad Police facilitated refund of 1.41 crore to victims of cyber crimes this 12 months

The victims of cyber crimes in Hyderabad obtained refunds totalling over ₹1.41 crore this 12 months, an 87% bounce from final 12 months, whereas the town’s Zonal Cyber Cells (ZCCs) additionally disposed of 8,209 petitions in comparison with 4,970 in 2024. A 680% surge was recorded in incident report uploads to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), signalling sharper documentation and follow-up.

These figures got here to gentle throughout a overview assembly held on Friday by Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand to evaluate the efficiency of all seven ZCCs over the previous two months. The analysis targeted on petition disposal, refund mechanisms, case detections, consciousness campaigns, inter-state coordination by way of the Samanvaya Portal, and CCTNS uploads.

The commissioner stated that the progress mirrored a stronger citizen response in addition to improved inside coordination. He interacted instantly with Deputy Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, and Police Constables to know the sensible difficulties on the bottom, promising to deal with operational gaps and guarantee employees had their fundamental necessities met.

Acknowledging the rising public consciousness of ZCCs, the commissioner urged officers to step up coordination with banks, telecom suppliers and judicial businesses to hurry up the decision of fraud instances. He pressured that continued coaching and consciousness campaigns would stay the spine of stopping cybercrimes within the metropolis.

The overview was attended by Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) P. Viswa Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crimes) Dara Kavitha, ACP and SHO R.G. Siva Maruthi, ACP Jaipal Reddy, in addition to inspectors and sub-inspectors from all seven ZCCs.