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The Supreme Court has expressed its shock over the scale of cyber fraud cases in India, particularly digital arrest scams. "It's shocking that almost ₹3,000 crore has been collected from the victims. And this is just in our country. If we don't pass harsh and stringent orders, the problem will magnify. We will deal with this with iron hands," a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said.

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Suo motu case on digital arrest scams

The court was hearing a suo motu case on the increasing menace of digital arrest scams. In an earlier hearing, it had directed all states to file details of FIRs registered in relation to such scams. The court also questioned if the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has enough resources to handle all such scam cas

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