Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- Determined to chase down cyber fraudsters beyond Chandigarh's borders, the Cyber Crime police station has spread its operational footprint to 10 states, arresting 109 accused from six of them between January and August this year.

Through an extensive crackdown, cyber police carried out 56 raids across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal, Delhi NCR, Haryana, Jharkhand and Bihar - states identified as cyber fraud hotspots.

The raids resulted in 109 arrests, the highest, 36, from Rajasthan, followed by 23 from Uttar Pradesh, 12 from Haryana, 11 were from Punjab, 4 from Jharkhand and 3 from West Bengal, with the remaining 20 spread across the other four states.

Besides arrests, police...