Jamtaras in Bihar, Rajasthan, Kolkata, and Other Places: How a Research from IIT Kanpur Correlates with Police Findings

What was once a little company in Jamtara, Jharkhand, is today a booming enterprise in all the towns of north India. Bengal’s Kulti, Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, UP’s Mathura, Bihar’s Gopalganj, Jharkhand’s Dhanbad and Dumka, and Bihar’s Nuh and Mewat areas gained notoriety after numerous cyber frauds were linked to them. These findings were made by Kolkata Police detectives tracking cybercrime.

It is believed that training sessions are arranged for beginners in a few of these places. An example of this is the 23-year-old who was recently detained in the Sawai Madhopur area of Rajasthan for teaching over 500 people cybercrime.
According to reports, these towns’ names came to light after an examination of 610 cyber-related police complaints that Kolkata Police had filed between 2021 and 2024. Five to eight cases per town have been linked to other places, despite the fact that Nuh, Bharatpur, and Mathura have each reported around twenty cases.
The results of the Kolkata Police are consistent with a study released by a start-up that was nurtured at IIT Kanpur last year, which said that 80% of cybercrimes that were reported originated from ten districts: Bharatpur, Mathura, Nuh, Deoghar, Jamtara, Gurugram, Alwar, Bokaro, Karma Tand, and Giridih. The Future Crime Research Foundation, a business supported by IIT Kanpur, conducted the research.
What was reported by IIT Kanpur
Online financial fraud is still a serious threat, according to a September 2023 survey, but cybercriminals are using a variety of strategies to take advantage of gullible people. Scams involving fictitious water or energy bills, in which victims are duped into paying under the pretence of unpaid bills, are among their dishonest tactics. The growth in fraudulent methods that trick victims into unlocking their credit or debit cards, leading to unauthorised transactions, is equally unsettling.
It went on to say that in a chilling development, cybercriminals are now ensnaring victims in fictitious pornographic video chats, only to threaten them afterwards by posting compromising footage online.
The FCRF also noted that an increasing number of prospective offenders are being attracted to and taught by cybercrime syndicates, which is why jobless or underemployed people are being recognised.