Delhi Police Sweep Nabs 42 in Operation CyHawk Targeting Rs 254-Crore Cyber-Fraud Rings

Overview

• Police registered 23 FIRs and linked 377 NCRP complaints to the accused after coordinated raids in southwest Delhi.
• Officers seized three laptops, two computer systems, 43 phones, 17 passbooks, cheque books, debit cards and Rs 1.6 lakh in cash.
• The crackdown targeted modules tied to ATM swindles, digital arrest extortion, job-fraud call centres, digital-marketing scams, cheque-withdrawal rings and large mule-account networks across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
• I4C analysis flagged suspicious accounts in Kishangarh, leading to arrests of mule suppliers Asgar Ali and Ankit Singh and, after a seven-day chase, alleged mastermind Ravi Kumar Singh linked to call centres in Noida and Kotla Mubarakpur.
• In a separate Crime Branch case, four suspects were arrested over fake trading platforms following a June 14 complaint, with over Rs 10 crore in alleged losses and more than 67 linked complaints across multiple states.