In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Gujarat Cyber Crime Cell in Surat has dismantled an inter-state network of cyber criminals and arrested 12 individuals allegedly involved in multiple cases of digital fraud, police said on Sunday. Speaking to ANI, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Cyber Crime, Surat, Shweta Daniel said that a coordinated operation led by the Cyber Cell resulted in the arrests of suspects from three different locations across the country -- Jamnagar, Banaskantha, and Delhi.

"Cyber Cell Surat city, through an extensive search operation, has arrested 12 accused in connection with three different cases of cybercrime and digital arrests, from Jamnagar, Banaskantha and Delhi. The accused have been arrested in various cases. We have taken them on remand...interrogation is underway...we are also probing if they are involved in any other crime as well..." said ACP Daniel. Further investigation into the case is underway, he added.