Police in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur have arrested six Indian nationals for their alleged involvement in a massive cyber fraud network operating out of Cambodia, police commissioner Om Prakash said on Tuesday. The gang is accused of cheating victims across the country of more than Rs1,100 crore.
According to Prakash, investigations into two cybercrime cases registered in Jodhpur revealed that victims were contacted through WhatsApp numbers operated from Cambodia. While the calls originated overseas, the SIM cards used for these numbers were issued in India.
Police found that nearly Rs1,100 crore was siphoned off between September and November 2025 using around 5,300 SIM cards. One such SIM card, issued in the name of Murad Khan, was allegedly used from Cambodia between April and October 2025 to defraud a victim in Cyberabad, Telangana, of approximately Rs89 lakh.
Following the registration of a case, police arrested Prakash Bheel, 25. His interrogation led investigators to uncover a wider network involved in illegally supplying and fraudulently activating SIM cards for the cybercrime syndicate.
The other accused have been identified as Hemant Panwar (40), Ramavatar Rathi (24), Harish Malakar (34), Mohammad Sharif (22), and Sandeep Bhatt (27). Authorities have also issued lookout circulars against four Malaysian nationals suspected of facilitating the scam.
Police said SIM card vendors allegedly duped customers by asking them to rescan fingerprints and photographs under the pretext of incomplete verification. While customers received one SIM card, the second was diverted to the Cambodia-based call centre gang through Malaysian intermediaries.
