Telangana has secured refunds worth ₹40.86 crore for 7,040 cybercrime victims during the third National Lok Adalat of the year. Of this, ₹12.94 crore was ordered for refund in a single day to 4,539 victims, while a further ₹27.91 crore had already been settled in pre-Lok Adalat disposals for 2,501 victims.

The Cyberabad Commissionerate led the performance with 1,937 cases amounting to ₹11.51 crore in refunds, followed by Hyderabad with 941 cases and ₹9.29 crore, and Rachakonda with 1,061 cases totalling ₹6.41 crore. The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau headquarters recorded ₹4.21 crore with od refunds in 197 cases, while the Sangareddy police ₹1.04 crore in 266 cases.

With this round, total refunds through Lok Adalat in Telangana have risen to ₹138.04 crore in 2025, benefitting 18,872 victims. Since the mechanism was adopted for cybercrime restitution in March 2024, ₹321 crore has been returned to 36,786 victims across the State.

The TGCSB stressed the importance of timely reporting and urged citizens to exercise caution by avoiding suspicious links, not sharing sensitive banking information, and verifying customer care contacts only through official sources.