Bhubaneswar: Cyber criminals have looted Rs 125.63 crore from people of the state during 2021, 2022 and 2023, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed in Assembly today.
Replying to a question from a BJD MLA Prasanta Behera in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said that a total of 6,368 cyber fraud cases were registered in the state and 1388 persons have been arrested during the period. The police were able to return only Rs 2.77 crore to the victims, he said.
The Odisha Police have registered 2037 cyber fraud cases involving cheating of Rs 40.39 crore in 2021, of which, Rs 27.56 lakh was refunded to the victims, he said.
In 2022, the cyber fraudsters duped victims to the tune of Rs 37.28 crore, of which Rs 97.30 lakh was returned to the victims. The police have registered a total of 1983 cyber crime cases in the year, Shri Majhi stated.
The Chief Minister, in his statement, said, fraud to the tune of Rs 47.94 crore was reported in 2,348 cases during 2023. Out of the total amount, Rs 1.52 crore was returned to the victims.
The official data showed that a total of 425 people were arrested in 2021, while 441 were arrested in 2022 and 522 persons were nabbed for various cyber crimes in the last year, he informed the House.