Hyderabad, May 20 -- In a major nationwide operation targeting the Ghost SIM network that enables organised cyber fraud, the Hyderabad City Police Cyber Crime Police Station has apprehended 66 persons and seized hundreds of fraudulent mobile connections.

These individuals are collectively linked to 76 cybercrime cases across India involving a fraudulent amount of Rs 101.87 crore.

According to an official release, Operation Octopus 3.0, focused on dismantling the infrastructure providing anonymity to cyber criminals, resulted in the identification of 1,194 Ghost SIMs linked to cases registered at the Cyber Crime PS.

Eighteen trained teams were deployed across 13 states over seven days, leading to the seizure of 544 SIMs in Hyderabad cit...