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Cyber ​​Fraud Worth Rs 51.49 Crores. Rs 33.303 Lakhs In Tripura: DGP

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, Agartala
  • Aug 30, 2025
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India is currently ranked second in the world in financial fraud through cyber fraud. Fraudsters are looting thousands of crores of rupees. Naturally, Tripura is also not safe from this terror. So far, people in Tripura have fallen victim to cyber fraud worth Rs 51 crore 49 lakh 33 thousand 303. Although the matter is worrying, Tripura Police Director General Anurag Dhankar claims that the trend of such fraud is gradually decreasing. This is possible through public awareness. However, people need to be more aware, he has appealed.

Today, several facts and figures of cyber fraud were shared with journalists at the Tripura Police Headquarters. A report by Tripura Police said that cyber criminals are getting into the trap of fraud in the name of fake electricity or gas bills and RTO challans. In addition, thousands of complaints are being received about investment corruption in the name of various trading groups, digital arrest using fake identities of police or income tax officials, bank fraud by stealing OTP, sexual harassment through social media or video calls, giving fake franchises, fraud in the name of lottery, OLX, courier and hotel booking and embezzlement by hacking social media.

Tripura Police claims that the main challenge in combating such fraud is that criminals are committing such crimes from other states or countries. Not only that, they are targeting common people with the help of innocent people's bank accounts, fake SIM cards, VPNs, AI and deepfakes and are looting huge amounts of money from them. Moreover, in many cases, the affected citizens are filing complaints with the police too late. Due to this, those criminals are able to escape from the reach.

Tripura Director General of Police Anurag Dhankar said that the trend of cyber fraud is increasing across the country. In 2023, cyber criminals looted Rs 74.65 crore. This increased to Rs 228.45 crore in 2024. As a result, there is a need to take a strict stand against this crime. According to him, not only ordinary citizens, but in many cases cyber experts have also been seen as victims of this crime. According to him, 850 million citizens across the country are now using the internet regularly. The number of cyber criminals is constantly increasing.

He said that 269 people in Tripura have been victims of cyber fraud. Cyber ​​criminals looted Rs 51 crore 49 lakh 33 thousand 303 from them. However, till now, it has been possible to recover Rs 33 lakh 84 thousand 163. In addition, 20 thousand 387 bank accounts have been seized. In this, about Rs 5 crore 76 lakh 44 thousand 106 crore is trapped. He expressed hope that it will be possible to recover that money within the next three months.

Today, he highlighted some examples of cyber fraud. He said that a person in Tripura lost 2.3 crore rupees in a fraud in the name of investment. Similarly, a person was cheated of about 18 lakh rupees in stages in the name of giving franchise. He added that a young man was sexually assaulted through video calls on social media and cheated of a lot of money.

Citing year-wise statistics on cyber fraud, he said that reports of fraud worth Rs 1.98 crore were registered in 2021, Rs 4.62 crore in 2022, Rs 9 crore in 2023, Rs 25.54 crore in 2024 and Rs 9.77 crore till July 2025. While acknowledging that the matter is undoubtedly very worrying, he claimed that the trend of financial fraud by cyber criminals is gradually declining in the state.

The Director General of Tripura Police has appealed to the people of the state to be aware. In this regard, he has given several ways for citizens to keep themselves safe. In the public awareness, Tripura Police has advised that only those apps that are used regularly should be installed on mobile phones. It is better to remove unused apps from mobile phones. The password should be kept strong enough and should be a combination of uppercase, lowercase and special characters. Changing the password occasionally and using the same password for multiple accounts should be avoided.

It is very important to check periodically whether further suggestions, calls or SMS are being forwarded to Tripura Police. If forwarded, it should be stopped immediately. If any money is lost due to fraud, then those transactions should be reported immediately by dialing 1930. Also, you can contact the local police station or Agartala Cyber ​​Crime Police Station for further legal action.

Tripura Police has specifically emphasized that it is very important to stay updated about the recent trends of cyber crimes going on in the country and take all precautionary measures accordingly to protect yourself and others. Along with 'CyberDost', one should follow the social media handles of Tripura Police etc. Remember, using artificial intelligence, personal images, voices and even videos can be cloned and crimes can be committed with this cloned voice, video or image. If you are added to any social media group related to investment, you should immediately leave that group.

Tripura Police advises that bank transactions should be checked periodically and special attention should be paid to whether any suspicious transactions have been made. Besides, mobile updates from time to time, privacy settings should be used on social media sites to restrict access to personal information. Above all, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC and other sensors of computers and mobile phones should always be kept in inactive mode. These can be activated only when necessary.

To protect yourself from cyber fraud, Tripura Police has warned everyone, do not be tempted if you receive a call, message or any offer from an unknown person on social media. These may be phishing calls or SMS. Do not click on any link regarding investments with high returns or settlement or electricity bill/gas bill or any such thing and install any “.apk” file. Do not share any identity card, personal pictures or videos with any person, known or unknown. Incidentally or accidentally, such content may be published in the public domain and may embarrass/defame you in the future. Special care should be taken, do not share any OTP with any unknown person on mobile phone under any pretext. If a known person asks for money from a social media account, do not send any money to that person without verifying the real identity of that person by calling him using the contact number saved with you.

Tripura Police advises, do not buy any articles from advertisements circulated on social media. Such advertisements may be false. Do not reply to any SMS or communication received from social media regarding 'work from home' etc. For Common Service Centre (CSC) owners, if you give cash to someone after receiving money from UPI, then you must keep proper records of the recipient of that cash. Do not play unauthorized online games, especially where you can earn money. Such money may be fraudulent money and in this case, there is a high possibility of your bank account being frozen.

Tripura Police further advises, do not accept unknown video calls from any unknown or unfamiliar person. Do not install unregulated loan apps and apply for loans. Do not respond to anything related to digital arrest. Because, there is no such thing as digital arrest. You have to understand that the uniformed policeman on the other end of the call is a fraudster. Tripura Police has advised against P2P transactions on cryptocurrency wallets. It also said, do not share any OTP for monetization of social media accounts. Excessive, unused or unnecessary social media accounts may be closed.