According to the Chhattisgarh Home Minister, cybercriminals stole Rs 107 crore in 18 months, and some victims are considering suicide.
Cybercriminals defrauded 1,301 people in Chhattisgarh of Rs 107.03 crore between January 2024 and June 2025, with only Rs 3.69 crore (3.36%) recovered across 107 cases. State Home Minister Vijay Sharma shared the figures in the state Assembly, responding to a question by Raipur City BJP MLA Sunil Kumar Soni. Raipur alone accounted for Rs 47.57 crore, the highest among Chhattisgarh’s 33 districts.
The government has implemented the concept of cyber commandos, with cyber police units in each district receiving training. One state cyber police station and five range cyber police stations are operating at the range level, while cyber cells are also operating at the district level. A cyber forensic lab equipped with modern tools is functional at the police headquarters in Raipur for testing digital evidence collected during investigations.
Police officers/employees are being trained on complex subjects like dark web/crypto currency through prestigious institutions like C-DAC and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy. One gazetted officer and five other officers from the state have been trained under the Cyber Commando Scheme to fight cyber crime. SIM cards and IMEI numbers involved in cyber crimes are being blocked, and awareness programs are being conducted at the state and district levels.
Efforts to refund stolen money include the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), which provides an immediate registration facility for complaints to victims of cyber crime. The helpline number 1930 operates 24/7 in the state, and suspicious transactions are put on hold by trained police officers/employees working in the call center. In the period from January 1, 2024 to June 20, 2025, an amount of Rs 3.69 crore has been successfully refunded to victims in the state.
