{
  "id": 16146244,
  "title": "21,900 digital arrest complaints registered till Sept: MHA to SC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/21-900-digital-arrest-complaints-registered-till-sept-mha-to-sc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T02:25:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/21900-digital-arrest-complaints-registered-till-sept-mha-to-sc-101792697131006.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 21,900 complaints of digital arrest fraud involving over ₹647 crore were registered in the first eight months of 2026 from January 1 to August 31, according to a status report filed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) before the Supreme Court, which took suo motu cognisance of the menace a year ago",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}