Madhya Pradesh has become a soft target for mp cyber fraud. Statistics show that in the last 5 years, there is more than 1 thousand crore fraud in the state. On 2021 to 13 July 2025, cyber thugs have cheated about 1054 crores from citizens.
This fraud has been done through banking fraud, fake websites, social media, e-commerce and online gaming. Out of the fraud, only 10 percent of the police could hold the police. When the amount of cheating was not returned, Cyber Crime Awareness was revealed that the fraud is done by sitting in another city and the account in which the money comes in, it lives in another city and money is withdrawn in a third city. The account that used to go to the amount of fraud would have been of a poor person. Also, 2 hours after fraud is considered a golden period in which the amount is most likely to freeze, but due to lack of awareness, the victims are not able to reach the police so soon.
Chief Minister told data in the assembly
In response to the question of Congress MLA Jayawardhan Singh, CM Dr. Mohan Yadav said that there was a huge increase in cybercrime cases from 2020 to 2024. A total of 2.48 lakh complaints were received across the state from January 2025 to July 2025, out of which 579 were cyber fraud cases. So far only 166 cases have been settled. A total of 3541 cyber crime cases were registered from 2022 to July 2025, out of which 717 were resolved, while 1575 cases are still pending. The most hunting youth and senior citizens have been made.
Cybercrime has increased manifold
Police challenge: Recovery very low
Total cheating ₹ 1054 crore in 5 years
Holded amount ₹ 105.21 crore (about 10%)
Officers returned ₹ 1.94 crore (about 2%)
Cyber fraud serious problem
Cyber thugs have taken a serious form in the last five years in Madhya Pradesh. However, after the surprising figures in the assembly came out, BJP MLA Siddharth Tiwari claimed that the government is working to make people aware, adopting new technology and curb them.
Thousands of cases still incomplete
A single click and your account empty, the greed for double money, many times, puts a person in trouble if you have to avoid cyber fraud, you have to be aware, despite the efforts of the police, the recovery rate is very low and thousands of cases are still incomplete.
