New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Bengaluru, Hyderabad and the National Capital Region (NCR) have emerged as the hot spots of digital arrest incidents, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all digital arrest cases across the country, according to an analysis by the Union home ministry's Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). People aware of the matter said these two cities and NCR account for nearly 65% of digital arrest cases, with Bengaluru reporting the highest 26.38%, followed by Hyderabad 19.97% and the Delhi-NCR with 18.14% in the first six months of 2025. HT has seen data for the first six months of 2025. The increasing incidents of digital arrests in which fraudsters posing as law enforcement personnel con victims over video calls in fake cases and extort money has become a new challenge for police forces across the country. This could also be one of the topics approved for deliberation during the 60th DGP-IGP annual conference to be held in Chhattisgarh later this month. The in-house analysis of digital arrest cases by I4C also showed that most victims were between the ages of 30-45 years (41.10% victims), followed by 45-60 (35.59%). Apart from the three hot spots, incidents of digital arrests are also frequently reported from other cities like Mumbai, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Vadodara.htc...