Hyderabad, May 9 -- The Hyderabad cybercrime unit has arrested 24 individuals from six states, recovering over Rs 1.49 crore from online fraudsters and refunding it to victims. The accused were linked to 313 cybercrime cases nationwide, including 53 cases in Telangana.

The arrests were made across Delhi,11, Maharashtra, 5, Uttar Pradesh, 3, West Bengal, 3, Bihar,1, and Madhya Pradesh,1. Officials revealed that the accused operated nationwide, with fraudulent activity reported in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and several other states.

Among the seized items were 31 mobile phones, 38 cheque books, 29 debit cards, 20 SIM cards, eight bank passbooks, rubber stamps, fake company seals, laptops, QR scanners, and even 115...