Chandigarh, July 25 -- Haryana has emerged as a top-performing state in cybercrime response, restoring money to victims at nearly five times the national average, with 38% of reported fraud cases resulting in restoration orders against the national average of 8%, according to a review chaired by chief secretary Anurag Rastogi on Friday. An official spokesperson said of the 14,731 cybercrime complaints received till July 22, 2026, the state had issued restoration orders in 38% of cases, enabling the return of Rs.2.51 crore to victims through the money restoration module (MRM) developed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). Regarding enforcement against cybercrime hotspots, the spokesperson said that major action took place in Nuh, the only district identified as a cybercrime hotspot in the state. Between January 2025 and July 22, 2026, police registered 491 suo-motu FIRs, arrested 949 cybercriminals, and seized 772 mobile phones and 1,481 SIM cards. The mobile blocking unit has proactively blocked 55,323 mobile numbers and 25,202 linked IMEIs in Nuh during the same period using tower dumps, IMEI linkage and location data from the Pratibimb Portal. ADGP, cyber, Charu Bali, said of the 9,437 assistance requests received from other states through the Samanvaya Portal, the state police disposed of 9,156, recording a 97% response rate. The ADGP said since its rollout on June 25, 2026, all complaints received on the 1930 cybercrime helpline involving losses exceeding Rs.1 lakh are being automatically converted into e-zero FIRs and forwarded to the concerned cyber police station. "So far, 233 e-Zero FIRs have been registered, of which 204 have been converted into regular FIRs for investigation,'' she said. Haryana police took down 5,169 URLs of unlawful content through 2025, a figure that has already nearly tripled to 15,853 in under seven months this year (January 1 to July 22, 2026), said the spokesperson.htc...