New Delhi: Karnataka emerged as a cybercrime hub in India with more than 21,000 cases. India saw a 31.2 per cent increase with 86,420 cases, as compared to 65,893 reported in 2022, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, released on Monday, said.

The state capital and IT hub Bengaluru reported the largest number of cybercrime cases, with at least 17,631 out of 21,889 cases reported in 2023, against 9,940 cases in 2022. The numbers underline how India’s technology capital has also become the epicentre of tech-enabled fraud.

The charge-sheeting rate in 2023 stood at 33.7 per cent. States like Karnataka, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of cases, at 21889, 18,236, and 10,794 cases, respectively. The three states also topped the list in 2022. At least 74,75

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