The Punjab Police on Saturday said it has significantly strengthened its cybercrime response by expanding its cyber defence network and intensifying action against cybercriminals by making more than 700 arrests over the last one year.
From May 1, last year to June 24, 2026, the Punjab Police, including the State Cyber Crime Division, has registered 956 FIRs across 29 Cyber Crime Police Stations and arrested 729 accused involved in different cyber fraud cases, helping protect people from losing their hard-earned money.
Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that the State Cyber Crime Division has made remarkable progress over the last four years in tackling cybercrime and protecting innocent citizens.
Alongside strict enforcement, the police have also focused on prevention by conducting nearly 657 citizen awareness programmes across the state, encouraging them to report incidents immediately on the cybercrime helpline 1930.
Since May 2025, the State Cyber Crime Division, headed by Special DGP V Neeraja, has registered 57 FIRs and arrested 56 accused involved in high-profile and technology-intensive cybercrime cases.
According to the police, the Cyber Crime Police Stations functioning under Commissioners of Police and Senior Superintendents of Police have arrested 673 accused in various cyber fraud cases across the state.
Among them, Malerkotla CCPS arrested 32 accused in 41 cases; Ludhiana Commissionerate Police arrested 181 accused in 86 cases; SAS Nagar CCPS arrested 57 accused in 52 cases; Khanna Cyber Crime Police Station arrested 74 accused in 31 FIRs; Pathankot CCPS arrested 23 accused in 44 cases; Patiala CCPS made nearly 40 arrests and registered 74 FIRs; and Kapurthala CCPS registered 26 FIRs and arrested 47 accused.
The State Cyber Crime Division has also succeeded in cracking organised cybercrime networks. Earlier this year, it investigated cases of cyber slavery involving victims, rescued from scam compounds in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries.
The investigation revealed that the victims had been sent abroad by travel agents, placement consultants, recruiting intermediaries and their associates operating from different states, leading to the arrest of one accused.
In another major operation targeting mule account networks, the State Cyber Crime Division arrested three accused of facilitating the opening and supply of bank accounts used in online financial fraud.