India, June 25 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime networks involved in so-called "digital arrest" scams, conducting coordinated searches at more than 80 locations across 16 states under Operation Chakra-VI.

According to officials, over 60 special teams were deployed across states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Assam and Odisha. The operation is aimed at dismantling organised networks allegedly linked to more than 200 cases of digital arrest fraud.

Investigators arrested two individuals from Chennai and Kolkata for their alleged role in creating shell companies and operating mule bank accounts ...