India, June 20 -- In a 48-hour-long anti-cybercrime operation, the Delhi Police have detained 7,189 suspects and arrested 916 people in a massive nationwide crackdown targeting mule account handlers, malware distributors and fraudulent call centres, senior police officers said on Friday.

Named "CyHawk 5.0", the operation involved a total of 715 raiding teams with 2,374 personnel from all 15 police districts, railway and metro units and two specialised wings - crime branch and intelligence fusion and strategic operations (IFSO). The crackdown covered 21 states and Union Territories (UTs), officers part of the operation said.

Police said the arrested people include four bank employees from Delhi, identified as Pabitra Kumar Biswal, a depu...