Overview
- The 10-day operation deployed 32 special teams led by DCP V. Aravind Babu under Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar.
- The network is linked to 1,055 registered cyber-fraud cases involving an estimated Rs 127 crore.
- Those held include 86 mule account holders, 17 account suppliers or aggregators, and a Bandhan Bank relationship manager for alleged insider collusion.
- Teams coordinated with local authorities to conduct simultaneous raids across Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Odisha.
- Police seized Rs 36 lakh in cash along with 204 phones, 141 SIMs, 152 bank passbooks, 234 cards, 26 laptops and 56 corporate stamps, and said the operation continues to target higher-level operators.