Overview

• Gurugram Police said a software flaw in the MobiKwik app enabled roughly ₹40 crore to be siphoned through nearly five lakh UPI transactions on September 11–12, leading to six arrests and the freezing of about 2,500 beneficiary accounts with roughly ₹8 crore blocked.
• A company spokesperson, cited in new reports, said ₹14 crore has been recovered so far in the MobiKwik case, putting the net loss near ₹26 crore as police continue tracing recipients and seeking more suspects.
• Hyderabad’s cyber wing reported 61 arrests across 14 states after a month-long operation and facilitated refunds just over ₹1 crore while warning residents to report frauds to the 1930 helpline or cybercrime.gov.in.
• Authorities intensified action on ‘digital arrest’ scams after a 76-year-old Hyderabad doctor died following three days of coercive video calls, and Ahmedabad cyber police arrested two suspects in a separate ₹86.22 lakh case using the same modus operandi.
• Police raided call centres in Mumbai and Kolkata accused of duping foreign nationals with fake tech-support and refund pitches, arresting 13 and 10 people respectively and seizing computers, phones, cash and records tied to crypto-linked payments.