In account to about 9,226 complaints weighing up to Rs 33.5 crore, the Gurugram Police's cybercrime units have detained 11 cybercriminals for deceiving citizens across the country, as per the police's word.

The names of the accused are Rajender Parihar, Dharmender Parihar, Irek Khes, Deepak, Amrender, also known as Ami, Arpit Singh, Lokesh, Kailash Devi, Sanjay, Ashutosh, and Ashok who are believe to be under custody.

The police said that they discovered information from the accused after going through the SIM cards and mobile phones, and also from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordinate Center (I4C), regarding the fraud of approximately Rs 33.5 crore, including the 9,226 complaints that had been filed against them throughout India.

"The accused were involved in creating fake IDs on Instagram, committing task-based fraud, fraud in the name of online ticket booking and internet banking," Priyanshu Diwan, ACP (South) said.

This soon followed by registering 388 cases in India, in which 19 cases including six in Gurugram, were filed against them in Haryana.

"Apart from this, the Gurugram Police have arrested 20 bank officials within six months who were allegedly involved in cyber fraud," he said.

The police found the usage of nine mobile phones for the crime and Rs 14.47 lakh were also found by the police.

The information gathered by looking through the gadgets that the police have collected from the arrested cybercriminals is regularly used to inform future actions.

According to Diwan, the cybercrime squad of the Gurugram Police are always taking the required steps to combat cybercriminals.

He claimed that in order to combat these scams, the Gurugram Police is collaborating closely with various organizations and agencies.

"We appealed to the public to steer clear of such dubious callers and advised caution in sharing personal details to strangers stalking them online," he added.