In accordance with a police officer, Haryana Police's cyber nodal unit has blocked 20,545 mobile phones issued on fraudulent and counterfeit paperwork.
According to a Haryana police spokesman, the majority of the blocked SIM cards were issued in Andhra Pradesh, with West Bengal and Delhi following closely behind.
Similarly, the police have detected and reported on the portal more than 34,000 cellphone numbers involved in cyber fraud operating across the state, including 40 hotspot villages in Nuh district.
“At the same time, the remaining 14,000 mobile numbers involved in cyber fraud will also be blocked soon through the Department of Telecom, Government of India,” the police officials said.
A police official told reporters today that the state crime division is currently monitoring all mobile numbers implicated in cybercrime and is collecting reports from districts on a daily basis. He stated that 102 teams of 5000 Haryana Police officers recently stormed 14 cybercrime hotspot villages in the Nuh district.
“For this reason, at present, Haryana is at the top position in blocking mobile numbers used in cyber fraud. At present more attention is being given to such areas and villages from where cyber fraud incidents are being carried out. Recently, 102 teams of 5000 policemen of Haryana Police raided 14 cybercrime hotspots villages in Nuh district,” he added.
He further stated that Andhra Pradesh has issued the most cellphone numbers implicated in cybercrime, and that they are being used to commit cybercrime in the state.
“Currently, out of the total identified mobile numbers issued on Fake ID, a maximum of 12,822 mobile numbers have been issued from Andhra Pradesh, 4365 from West Bengal, 4338 from Delhi, 2322 from Assam, 2261 from North East states and 2490 from Haryana state. All the numbers are currently operating from different areas of Haryana and the same has been intimated to the Department of Telecom to block them,” he added.
OP Singh, Chief of the State Crime Branch and Additional Director General of Police, stated that the state crime branch, as the state nodal agency for cybercrime, has a team of 40 highly skilled cyber police personnel who have been deployed at helpline 1930 to quickly register reported incidents and collect relevant data.
