Cybercrime coordination across state and central agencies received a major push in Hyderabad, where 45 officers from 13 states and 11 institutions called for intelligence-sharing, joint operations and faster action against organised fraud networks.
The meeting of the Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Team (JCCT-IV), Hyderabad, was convened by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). Law enforcement representatives participated both in person and online, while Telangana’s Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department was also represented.
The participating institutions included I4C, CERT-In, the National Crime Records Bureau, the Bureau of Police Research and Development, the Reserve Bank of India, the Enforcement Directorate, the Department of Telecommunications, the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Intelligence Bureau and the National Forensic Sciences University.
Telangana Director General of Police C.V. Anand inaugurated the meeting. He said cybercrime complaints increased by 24 per cent across India in 2024-25, while Telangana recorded a three per cent decline. Financial losses in Telangana fell by 20 per cent, compared with a four per cent decline nationally, according to figures cited at the meeting.
Anand said preventive action was necessary before fraudsters gained access to victims’ phone numbers and bank accounts. The emphasis reflects the increasingly interconnected way in which cyber-enabled financial crimes operate, with criminals using telecom services, bank accounts and digital platforms across multiple jurisdictions.
TGCSB director Shikha Goel said cybercrime had developed into an organised transnational ecosystem, while investigations continued to face state-level jurisdictional boundaries. She called for real-time information-sharing, intelligence-led investigations and coordinated operations involving multiple states.
I4C chief executive officer Rajesh Kumar said scam compounds were shifting from Southeast Asia to Africa, Sri Lanka and other countries. He outlined proposed reforms that included a unified investigation platform, a Reserve Bank of India standard operating procedure for banks to stop suspicious transactions and nationwide operations against cybercrime infrastructure.
The meeting also examined crimes against women and children, artificial intelligence-related legal accountability, AI-enabled detection and investigation tools, mule accounts, telecom platforms, preventive measures, nodal officers and escalation protocols. The discussions placed responsibility across policing, financial regulation, telecommunications, investigation and forensic institutions rather than treating cybercrime as an issue for state police departments alone.
For citizens, the agencies reiterated that people facing financial cyber fraud should call 1930 immediately or file a complaint through cybercrime.gov.in. The meeting’s proposed reforms and coordination mechanisms are intended to improve the speed with which suspicious transactions and cross-border criminal networks can be identified and acted upon.
