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Assam cyber cell number and cyber crime helpline: how to report

The official Assam cyber cell numbers and cyber crime helpline. Lost money to online fraud? Call 1930 first, then use these Assam cyber cell contacts to file, follow up and escalate your complaint.

Official contacts

National cyber fraud helpline (all states)1930
File a complaint onlinecybercrime.gov.in — Choose Assam as the state in the complaint form.
Assam cyber cell (nodal officer) phone0361-2521618
Assam cyber cell (nodal officer) emailsp-cid-cyber2@assampolice.gov.in

Phone and email are from the state/UT nodal and grievance officer list on cybercrime.gov.in, last updated by the portal on 2 February 2024, so some may have changed. Checked on 29 September 2026. cybercrime.gov.in

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Assam cyber police: state and district contacts

The Assam Police website publishes no contact for district cyber cells or the CID cyber police station. These are the cyber and crime officers it does list. Elsewhere, call 1930 or go to your nearest police station.

SSP (Cyber Crime-II), CID Assam, Guwahati6026903466
DCP (Crime), Guwahati Police Commissionerate0361-2730056, 6026900544
dcpcrime-as@assampolice.gov.in

From the official police.assam.gov.in website. Checked on 4 October 2026. police.assam.gov.in Numbers on police websites change with transfers. If one does not answer, call 1930 or go to your nearest police station.

How cyber policing works in Assam

  • Confirmed Assam Police's Cyber Crime Cell at CID Headquarters, Guwahati, takes on complex cyber cases that district police cannot handle. For an ordinary case, Assam Police says to write a complaint describing what happened and submit it as an FIR at your nearest police station. Assam Police, Assam Police
  • Confirmed For an online banking fraud, Assam Police asks you to attach to your complaint a signed photocopy of your bank passbook: the first page, which shows your name and account number, and the updated page with the fraud transactions. For a social media fraud, attach signed screenshots in which the page's web address (URL) is visible. Assam Police
  • Reported NCRB data shows cyber crime FIRs in Assam fell from 4,846 in 2021 to 1,733 in 2022. Complaints, however, stayed high: in 2023 people in Assam made 7,621 cyber fraud complaints on the Home Ministry's reporting system, involving Rs 3,441.8 lakh. PIB, The Sentinel (Assam)

Confirmed means an official source; Reported means news reports. Sources are linked after each point. Checked 30 October 2026.

What happened to you? Step-by-step guides for Assam

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What to do first

  1. If money left your account, call 1930 straight away. It works in Assam and every other state, and it is the fastest way to get the money held.
  2. Tell your bank to block your card, UPI and net banking, and report the transactions as fraud in writing.
  3. Complete the complaint on cybercrime.gov.in with Assam as the state, and save the acknowledgement number.
  4. Keep screenshots, transaction IDs and the scammer's numbers, UPI IDs and links. Do not delete the chats.

When to contact the Assam cyber cell

  • You filed on cybercrime.gov.in with Assam as the state and want to follow up on it.
  • You are unhappy with how your complaint is being handled and want to raise a grievance.
  • You need to know which police station or cyber police station is handling your case.
  • Your bank account was frozen after a complaint and you need to know which police unit to contact.

The nodal officer contacts are for follow-up and grievances, not emergencies. For a crime happening now, call 112.

Assam in numbers

  • Cyber crime cases registered by police, 2024: 408
  • Cases registered, 2023: 909
  • Cases registered, 2022: 1,733

Source: NCRB Crime in India, as tabled in Lok Sabha (Unstarred Q.251, 21 July 2026)

  • Cyber crime complaints reported on the national portal, 2024: 22,489
  • Complaints reported, January–June 2025: 11,927

Source: Complaints on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, Rajya Sabha (Unstarred Q.1200, 30 July 2025)

  • Cyber fraud complaints reported (cumulative): 30,821
  • Amount reported lost (cumulative): ₹160.67 crore
  • Amount put on hold (lien) in receiving accounts: ₹20.17 crore

Source: Cyber fraud on the national portal since launch, Rajya Sabha (Unstarred Q.1513, 12 March 2025)

Cases registered are police FIRs counted by NCRB. Complaints are reports made on the national portal, which are far more numerous because not every complaint becomes an FIR. Money on hold has been frozen in the receiving accounts; it is not the same as money returned to victims.

Quick answers

What is the cyber crime helpline number in Assam?

Call 1930, the national cyber crime helpline, which works in Assam and every other state. Use it first if you lost money. For follow-up on a complaint already filed, Assam's cyber cell (nodal officer) is listed on 0361-2521618.

How do I file a cyber crime complaint in Assam?

File online at cybercrime.gov.in and choose Assam as the state, or call 1930 if money was taken. You can also go to your nearest police station.

What is the email of the Assam cyber cell?

Assam's cyber cell (nodal officer) email on I4C's list is sp-cid-cyber2@assampolice.gov.in. Use it for follow-ups and grievances about a complaint, not emergencies.

Is 0361-2521618 the Assam cyber cell number?

Yes. 0361-2521618 is the Assam cyber cell (nodal officer) number on I4C's state list on cybercrime.gov.in, which the portal last updated on 2 February 2024. Use it to follow up on a complaint you have already filed. To report fresh fraud or lost money, call 1930 first. The Assam police website's own cyber contacts are listed on this page too.

Our reports from Assam

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