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Delhi reports 4,003 cyber fraud cases, Rs 849 crore lost

Delhi reports 4,003 cyber fraud cases, Rs 849 crore lost
Delhi reports 4,003 cyber fraud cases in 2025, Rs 849 crore lost: Centre · indianexpress.com

In 2025, many people in Delhi, a big city in India, were tricked out of their money by criminals using computers and phones.

This kind of crime is called cyber fraud.

The police counted 4,003 of these cases during the year.

The people who were tricked lost about 849.80 crore rupees in total.

That is a huge amount of money.

The police arrested 3,544 people who they believe were involved in these crimes.

They also recovered about 112.76 crore rupees of the stolen money.

A government minister named Bandi Sanjay Kumar shared these numbers with Parliament.

The numbers came from the Delhi Police.

This helps everyone understand how big a problem cyber fraud has become.

Key facts

Cyber fraud cases (2025)
4,003
People arrested
3,544
Amount lost by citizens
Rs 849.80 crore
Amount recovered
Rs 112.76 crore
Minister who disclosed data
Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Data source
Written reply to the Lok Sabha
Question raised by
Lok Sabha MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

Quotes

Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs

“The Delhi Police has informed that, during the year 2025, the total number of cyber financial fraud cases reported in Delhi are 4003, the number of persons arrested are 3544, the amount reported by citizens is Rs 849.80 crores and the amount recovered is Rs 112.76 crores.”
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