360 FIRs, arrests in 160 cases: Delhi Police carries out month-long intel-driven offensive under ‘Operation CyHawk’

The effort culminated in a citywide enforcement sweep, led by Special CPs Madhup Tewari and Anil Shukla, with joint coordination by Joint CP IFSO Rajneesh Gupta and Joint CP South Range S K Jain.

Over 4,300 suspects were rounded up during the operation, of whom 877 were arrested or bound down on the basis of financial and technical evidence.

Another 509 people linked to backward financial chains were issued notices under Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

Also, 360 new FIRs were lodged against identified cyber fraudsters, apart from arrests made in 160 previously pending cases.

A total of 3,777 complaints filed on the NCRP portal were connected to mule accounts.

Fraudulent transactions worth over Rs 1,000 crore, reported across the country, were traced to various Delhi-based accounts associated with organised cyber modules.

Multiple illegal call centres were also neutralised. Police said these centres were actively running scams, including fake job placements, customer-care impersonation, investment traps and tech-support frauds targeting citizens nationwide.

Raids across several districts led to the recovery of a large cache of digital devices, including mobile phones, laptops, hard drives, SIM cards, debit and credit cards, ledgers and handwritten registers.

Officials said significant follow-up action, including further arrests, is expected.