Patna, Nov 14 (PTI) Bihar Police identified 1.09 lakh mule accounts across all 38 districts of the state, with Patna accounting for the highest number of such accounts, according to a report.
A mule account is a legitimate bank account used by criminals to receive, hide, and launder illegally obtained money.
The 1.09 lakh mule accounts were identified under the state police's Cyber Prahar 5.0 campaign, which aimed at targeting the network of such bank accounts.
Patna district recorded 14,644 mule accounts, followed by Gaya Ji (6,172), East Champaran (4,414), Muzaffarpur (4,244), Bhagalpur (4,197) and Nalanda (4,146), according to data covering September and October 2026, provided by the Bihar police.
West Champaran (3,945), Siwan (3,859), Rohtas (3,153), Bhojpur (3,144) and Purnea (2,813) were among the other districts reporting a significant number of such accounts.
At the lower end, Sheohar recorded 427 mule accounts, the lowest in the state, followed by Sheikhpura (813), Lakhisarai (1,009), Kaimur (1,222) and Khagaria (1,330).
The police report also flagged 7,728 accounts that had figured in two or more complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP). Patna again topped this category with 1,111 such accounts, followed by Gaya Ji (437), Nalanda (360), Bhagalpur (314) and East Champaran (278).
The disputed fraud amount associated with the cases across Bihar stood at Rs 72.53 crore, with Patna accounting for the largest share at around Rs 13.81 crore, followed by Siwan (Rs 3.83 crore), Bhagalpur (Rs 2.58 crore) and Muzaffarpur (Rs 3.31 crore).
Separately, NCRP data for the two months showed that Bihar recorded 47,659 cybercrime complaints involving fraudulent transactions of Rs 121.26 crore. Of this, Rs 36.94 crore was put on hold, while Rs 8.04 crore was refunded to victims.
The state also registered 876 FIRs and arrested 159 people in connection with other cybercrime and social media-related complaints during the period, the report said.
