The police claim to have registered 177 cyber fraud cases over the past year and to have arrested 312 suspects. Those arrested, police say, range from alleged masterminds to recruited operatives, reflecting a highly organised network with cells across India. After the Supreme Court’s order, Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled (BJP) Maharashtra and West Bengal took first steps on the cases lodged by them. The court concluded that “the involvement of the accused persons in the offence is neither disclosed nor proved in any manner”. The case arose from the communal violence that erupted in Khargone on April 10, 2022 during Ram Navami processions.