27,000 bank accounts unfrozen amid probe

Claims of police-harrasment led to decision

The Director General of Police (DGP), Vikas Sahay, has decided to unfreeze 27,000 bank accounts involved in cybercrime across the state. The Gujarat police chief made the decision in response to charges made against police officers probing cybercrime frauds for their involvement. The bank accounts where fraud money is initially deposited for the first time would be unfrozen, as suggested by IPS officials in the Gujarat cyber cell department.

While the state's 27,000 bank account holders breathed a sigh of relief, the police have made it essential for individuals to produce documentation that their bank accounts are not associated with cyber criminals. In the case of cyber fraud, there were several accusations of police harassment and money extortion when bank accounts were incorrectly frozen.