In a matter of just four months, as many as 74 gangs from Rajasthan’s Mewat region have defrauded a whopping Rs 3.36 billion. After Jharkhand’s infamous Jamtara and Haryana’s Nuh, Mewat in Deeg district of Rajasthan has become a significant hub of cybercrime in India.
Among notable cases, one Arif Khan cheated Rs 135 million in a case registered at Nagar police station. Similarly, Javed with Rs 116.9 million at Kama police station, Talim with Rs 78.5 million at Kaithwara police station, and Taiful with Rs 70.3 million at Sikri police station have made headlines in the recent past. Together, these gangs of cyber frauds carried out massive scams between March and June.
The police stations in Deeg Kotwali, Kama, Nagar, Pahadi, Khoh, Sikri, Kaithwara, Jaluki, Jurhara, and Gopalgarh areas of the Deeg district are seeing a shocking rise in cyber fraud cases.
A substantial 90% of these cases include morphing victims’ images with explicit videos. Other scams include offering luxury cars, high-end bikes, and expensive phones at discounted prices on social media. In addition, scammers trap victims with fake lottery messages via WhatsApp and online shopping schemes, according to different news reports.
More than 200 cases have been registered, and over 700 individuals have been arrested so far, under the “Operation Anti-Virus” initiative, led by the Inspector General of Police of the Bharatpur Range. The police claim a 69 per cent reduction in cybercrime cases by August, thanks to this operation, which has been underway since March 1, 2024.
According to reports quoting IG Rahul Prakash, earlier investigations focused on analyzing the mobile IMEI numbers and SIM cards used by fraudsters. By linking these devices and cards to others used during the scams, the police were able to unearth the swindled amounts.
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