Madhya Pradesh has seen residents lose a staggering ₹1,054 crore to cybercrimes over the past four years, but state police have recovered only ₹1.94 crore, revealing a massive gap in action against rising digital frauds.
From May 1, 2021, to July 13, 2025, the state reported thousands of cyber fraud cases including phishing, OTP scams, fake job offers, impersonation, and bogus customer care numbers. Despite this, the recovery rate stands at just 0.18 per cent.
The data was revealed in the state Assembly through a reply from the home department to a question raised by Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh. Terming the situation a “cyber emergency”, the MLA criticised the state government’s inaction. “The Prime Minister urges people to go digital, but the state cannot even retrieve one percent of what was stolen,” he said.
A total of ₹105 crore was frozen in suspect accounts, but only a small portion was recovered. Since 2020, the state has registered 1,193 FIRs for cyber fraud, with charge sheets filed in just 585 cases. The rest are still under investigation, pending, or closed without result.
Social media has emerged as the biggest source of digital crimes in the state. Between 2022 and 2025, platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were used in 37 to 53 per cent of cybercrime cases. In 2022, 542 out of 1,021 cases involved social media. In 2023, it was 428 out of 927. The trend continued in 2024 with 396 out of 1,082 cases, and in 2025 so far, 242 out of 511 cases have links to sextortion, impersonation, blackmail, or cyberbullying.
Youngsters remain the most targeted group. In 2022, 70 per cent of victims were youth, rising to 76 per cent in 2023, then dropping to 65 per cent in 2024, and currently at 67 per cent for 2025.
The resolution rate is steadily falling. From 70 per cent in 2022, it dipped to 66 per cent in 2023, 47 per cent in 2024, and 27 per cent so far in 2025.
The state also confirmed that banking and financial frauds are the second-highest category of cybercrimes.
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