India, Feb. 14 -- At least 46 suspected cyber criminals have been arrested in the past 15 days, the West Bengal police's cybercrime wing said on Friday.

"Over the past 15 days we have arrested 46 cyber criminals, who have been operating in small gangs, from various districts in West Bengal bordering Jharkhand. Investigation is still going on and more arrests are likely to be made over the next few days," Supratim Sarkar, additional director general of police (ADG) in south Bengal, West Bengal police, said.

Police said there was a sudden spike in cybercrime cases in some districts in the western part of the state and along the Jharkhand border over the past month.

More than 250 complaints, including phishing attacks, digital arrests, fa...