Raipur, Jul 16 (PTI) Chhattisgarh has recorded 1,301 cyber crime cases in the last one-and-a-half years, in which the victims lost more than Rs 107 crore, state Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma informed the state assembly.
Police have recovered Rs 3.36 crore in 107 of these cases, he said.
Raising the issue during the Question Hour, BJP MLA Sunil Soni sought information about the number of the cyber crime cases lodged in Chhattisgarh from January 2024 to June 2025, and also asked what action was being taken to curb such crimes.
Thousands of people are being cheated through cyber crime and some victims are even forced to commit suicide, he said.
In his reply, Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio, said a total of 1,301 cyber crime cases have been registered in the state during this period.
In these cases, victims lost money to the tune of Rs 107.03 crore, he said.
During this period, an amount of Rs 3.69 crore was recovered and refunded to the victims, he added.
For the prevention of cyber crimes, one State Cyber Police Station and five Range Cyber Police Stations are operational at the range level. Cyber cells are also operating at the district level and approval for cyber police stations has been received in some districts, he said.
Cyber Forensic Lab equipped with modern cyber tools is operating at the Police Headquarters in Raipur for testing digital evidence collected during investigation of cyber crimes. For the development of cyber crime research capacity, police officers/employees are being trained from time to time on complex subjects like dark web/crypto currency through the country’s prestigious institutions like C-DAC and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, he said.
As per the instructions of the Union Home Ministry, recently one gazetted officer and five other officers/employees from the state have been trained under the Cyber Commando Scheme to fight cyber crime. SIM cards and IMEI numbers involved in cybercrime are being blocked. To prevent cyber crime, extensive public awareness programmes are being conducted at the police headquarters and district level, he added.
On efforts made to refund money to victims, the Deputy CM replied, National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) is operated to provide the facility of immediate registration of complaints to the victims of cyber crime.
The modern call centre of Cyber Crime Helpline number 1930 is operating 24X7 in the state. Suspicious transactions are put on hold by the trained police officers/employees working in the call centre by establishing direct coordination with the nodal officers of banks, e-wallets and payment gateways. In the registered cases of cyber crime, the process of refunding money is done as per the court orders, he said.
In a written reply to another question raised by BJP MLA Gajendra Yadav, the Deputy CM replied, 67,389 people from the state have lodged complaints of online fraud involving an amount of Rs 791 crore on the NCRP portal from 2023 till June, 2025.
Of these, 21,195 complaints have been disposed of and the money of 1,820 victims was recovered and refunded, he added. PTI TKP NP
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