Cybercrime crackdown: Haryana records 31% fund restoration success

In the last 18 months, 927 cybercriminals were arrested from cyber hotspot Nuh alone, while between January 2025 and June 2026, as many as 9,100 police personnel were trained in cyber investigation, an official spokesperson said.

The Haryana government on Monday said the state has emerged as one of the country’s leading states in combating cybercrime, recording a 31% cyber fraud fund restoration rate through money restoration module (MRM), eight times more than the 3.85% national average.

The Haryana government on Monday said the state has emerged as one of the country’s leading states in combating cybercrime, recording a 31% cyber fraud fund restoration rate through money restoration module (MRM), eight times more than the 3.85% national average. (Representational image)

In the last 18 months, 927 cybercriminals were arrested from cyber hotspot Nuh alone, while between January 2025 and June 2026, as many as 9,100 police personnel were trained in cyber investigation, an official spokesperson said.

He said that chief secretary Anurag Rastogi held a review meeting and directed to further strengthen technology-driven policing to stay ahead of evolving digital threats.

“The meeting also reviewed enforcement against organised cybercrime in Nuh, Haryana’s identified cybercrime hotspot,” the spokesperson said. Between January 2025 and June 2026, Haryana police registered 473 suo motu FIRs, arrested 927 cybercriminals, seized 751 mobile phones and 1,442 SIM cards from Nuh.

The spokesperson said that the national restoration rate stands at 3.85% with 6,906 restoration orders issued in 1,79,203 cases, Haryana has achieved 31% restoration rate, securing 2,241 restoration orders out of 7,316 cases.

Superintendent of police (SP-Cyber) Mayank Gupta stated that the state cyber crime coordination centre, established in 2023 at Panchkula, has considerably expanded its capabilities.

He said Haryana operationalised the e-zero FIR facility on June 25, under which all cyber fraud complaints involving amounts exceeding ₹1 lakh and received through the national 1930 cyber helpline are automatically converted into electronic zero FIRs and transmitted to the jurisdictional cyber police stations for immediate registration and investigation.

Through the sahyog portal, Haryana removed 14,139 unlawful online contents between January and June 2026, compared with 5,169 takedowns during the entire year of 2025. The removed content included phishing websites, fake advertisements, fraudulent social media posts, phishing google advertisements and non-consensual intimate imagery.