Rajesh Dandotiya

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Rajesh Dandotiya
Born (1975-06-13) 13 June 1975 (age 51)
Morena district, Madhya Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationPolice officer, author
EmployerMadhya Pradesh Police
Known forCybercrime investigations and public cyber-security awareness campaigns
Notable work
Cyber Rakshak (2025)
Cyber Protector
Inside the Cyber Crime Files
Cyber Crime Prevention and Fraud Management
Spouse(s)Neeti Dandotiya
Children2 (Samyak and Satyarth)
Websiterajeshdandotiya.com

Rajesh Dandotiya is an Indian police officer and author serving as Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Crime Branch, in the Indore Police Commissionerate, Madhya Pradesh. He is known for supervising investigations into cyber fraud, “digital arrest” scams, online betting and financial crime cases, and for conducting large-scale public awareness campaigns on cyber security.[1][2][3]

Early life

Rajesh Dandotiya was born on 13 June 1975 in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh.[4]

Career

Dandotiya serves in the Madhya Pradesh Police as Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) in the Indore Police Commissionerate. He has previously held positions including City Superintendent of Police in various districts, Additional Superintendent of Police in crime branches, and roles in the Economic Offences Wing.[5]

He has served as supervising officer in a series of cybercrime, financial fraud and organised-crime cases reported in regional and national media.[6][7][8]

In November 2024, a group of scammers attempting a “digital arrest” fraud contacted him without realising he was a senior police officer. Reports described how they tried to convince him that a criminal case had been registered in another state and that his bank accounts would be blocked. He kept the call going, recorded the interaction, and eventually switched to a video call in uniform, after which the callers disconnected. The incident was later used by the Indore Police to highlight how such scams typically work.[1]

Investigations reported in the media

As head of the Indore Crime Branch, Dandotiya has supervised several investigations into scams described as "digital arrest" frauds, in which callers impersonate officials and keep victims under constant surveillance on video calls while coercing them to transfer money.

  • In February 2025, the crime branch raided a "dark room" call centre in Delhi that was allegedly being used to conduct digital-arrest frauds targeting senior citizens across India. The operation followed the complaint of a woman from Indore who was reportedly defrauded of ₹46 lakh after being told she was under investigation for terrorism and money-laundering offences. The raid led to the arrest of a 22-year-old suspect and the seizure of devices and data containing information on thousands of pensioners, according to The Times of India.[9]
  • In June 2025, he was cited as Additional DCP (Crime) in an investigation involving an 80-year-old retired school principal from Indore who narrowly avoided transferring over ₹1 crore after a similar digital-arrest scam. Bank staff alerted the crime branch when the victim attempted to liquidate her deposits, and Dandotiya’s team intervened.[10]
  • In December 2024, he briefed the media about the arrest of a man from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, who allegedly posed as a courier company employee and, along with accomplices impersonating police and Reserve Bank of India officials, defrauded a software engineer of about ₹1.35 lakh.[11]
  • In November 2025, the Free Press Journal reported that the Indore Crime Branch, acting on a complaint filed via the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, arrested a fourth accused in an online "task-based" cheating case in which a complainant lost about ₹60 lakh. Dandotiya stated that the arrested man’s alleged role was to provide multiple bank accounts used for routing the proceeds of the fraud and that more than 40 accounts had been frozen during the investigation.[6]

Financial and betting offences

Dandotiya has also been mentioned in media coverage of financial crime and betting investigations led by the Indore Crime Branch.

  • In June 2025, he told The Times of India that the crime branch had arrested two men from Gujarat in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of about ₹64.05 lakh from the bank account of an Additional District Judge serving at the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Indore.[12]
  • In November 2025, The Times of India reported that two absconding members of an inter-state online betting racket operating through a website named "Varun Online Hub" were arrested by the Indore Crime Branch. The article stated that the branch, led by Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya, had earlier arrested ten members of the same network.[13]

Narcotics and arms cases

  • In June 2025, he informed reporters that the crime branch had arrested an alleged arms smuggler from Barwani district and seized eight country-made pistols, magazines and live cartridges.[14]
  • Later that month, The Times of India quoted him as saying that two men from Mandsaur had been arrested by the crime branch with 151 g of MD drugs (MDMA) valued at more than ₹1.5 crore in the international market.[15]
  • In November 2025, he was again cited as Additional DCP (Crime) after the crime branch arrested a man in Indore’s Shivaji Nagar area and recovered 12.60 g of brown sugar.[16]

Other reported incidents

Dandotiya has been mentioned in coverage of other incidents handled by Indore police. For example, in November 2025 The New Indian Express cited him as Additional DCP (Crime) while reporting on a complaint by a national-level shooter who alleged molestation by a bus conductor on a Pune-bound bus transiting through Indore.[17]

Cyber Initiatives in Indore

  • Digital Suraksha Initiative by Rajesh Dandotiya – Cyber Message, Cyber Bridge, Cyber Spark
  • She Safe – for Women’s
  • Cyber Youth – College students
  • Cyber Vaani – Akashvani program
  • Cyber Insights – Panel Discussion with industry leaders.[18][19]

Personal life

Rajesh Dandotiya married Neeti Dandotiya, a Deputy SP in the Madhya Pradesh Police. The couple have two sons named Samyak and Satyarth.[4]

Cyber awareness work

Dandotiya has been involved in public outreach on cyber-security. Schools, colleges and local institutions in Indore have hosted sessions conducted by him on topics such as password safety, online impersonation, social-media risks and frauds using video calls. Several regional newspapers and online platforms have described him as one of the officers in Madhya Pradesh who regularly conducts awareness programmes for students and senior citizens.[3][20]

According to The Wire, he has delivered more than 1,000 cyber security awareness sessions across India, which have been recognised by the World Book of Records, London, for "1000 sessions on cyber awareness as an enforcement officer". Reporting on the launch of an AI-based chatbot for Indore Police in 2025 likewise described him as being known across Madhya Pradesh for conducting over 1,000 cyber awareness campaigns.[3][20][2]

Publications

In 2025, he wrote a Hindi-language book titled Cyber Rakshak, published by Mahagatha. The book compiles examples of cyber-crime incidents handled by police and explains common methods used in online frauds in simplified form for general readers. It was launched at the Indore Police Commissioner’s office.[21][22][23][24]

The book compiles over 30 or 35 real-life cybercrime scenarios, including phishing, fake loan apps, sextortion, digital-arrest scams and social-media hacking, and is written for non-technical readers.

Honours

In June 2025, Dandotiya was honoured by the World Book of Records for his cyber-awareness work after completing what was described as his 1,000th cyber awareness session at Daly College in Indore. It was presented at a ceremony in Indore attended by state dignitaries.[2][18][19]

World records

  1. Maximum number of Cyber awareness sessions by World Book of Records, London.[2]
  2. Cyber awareness sessions of mothers by World Book of Records, London.[25]
  3. Maximum number of cyber awareness sessions by India Book of Records.[26]
  4. Largest Session of Drug Awareness by Golden Book of World Records.[27]
  5. Biggest Human Chain by World Book of records, London.
  6. Largest E-Shapath by World Book of Records, London.
  7. Highest Cyber Awareness session by World Wide Book of Records.
  8. Highest Cyber Awareness session by World Record of Excellence, England.
  9. Thousand session conducted on cyber awareness Golden Book of World Records.
  10. Highest Cyber sessions by International Book of Records.
  11. Highest Cyber sessions World Records of India.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anand Mohan, J. (25 November 2024). "Scammers target Indore Crime Branch chief by mistake, he plays along, video calls them in uniform". The Indian Express. Bhopal. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya Historic Strides in Cyber Awareness, Enters World Book of Records". World Book of Records. World Book of Records, London. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "India's 1st Police Officer Who Has Delivered 1000+ Sessions on Cyber Security – Rajesh Dandotiya". The Wire. PTI. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Digital, Hans India (29 December 2025). "Rajesh Dandotiya: Police Officer and Cyber Safety Leader with 11 World Records". The Hans India. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "वर्दी से डिजिटल जंग तक, कौन हैं राजेश दंडोतिया जिनके नाम से साइबर अपराधी कांपते हैं". News18 Hindi. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Indore Fraud Case: Accused Converted Money In USDT, Sent It To Person In China". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "MP: ASI dismissed from service after being accused of killing brother in Indore". ANI News. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "MP Police file FIRs against 13 hotel and hostel operators in Indore for failing to share guest details". ANI News. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Times of India report on digital arrest raid". The Times of India. February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Times of India report on 80-year-old principal scam". The Times of India. June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Times of India report on Jodhpur arrest". The Times of India. December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Times of India report on Gujarat arrests". The Times of India. June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Times of India report on Varun Online Hub". The Times of India. November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Times of India report on arms seizure". The Times of India. June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Times of India report on MDMA seizure". The Times of India. June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Times of India report on brown sugar". The Times of India. November 2025.
  17. ↑ "The New Indian Express report on shooter complaint". The New Indian Express. November 2025.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya honoured by World Book of Records". The Wire. PTI. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya Historic Strides in Cyber Awareness, Enters World Book of Records". Alma Times. 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Indore Police Commissionerate Launches Its Own AI Chatbot - Rajesh Dandotiya". The Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "Cyber Rakshak by Rajesh Dandotiya". Google Play Books. Mahagatha. May 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  22. ↑ "Policing the Digital Age: Indore DCP Rajesh Dandotiya Pens 'Cyber Rakshak' to Empower Citizens Against Online Threats". First India. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  23. ↑ "Cybercrime is not just a technical threat, it's a human issue: ADCP Rajesh Dandotiya on his new book Cyber Rakshak". Loktej. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  24. ↑ "Cyber Rakshak book launch". Indore Police (in हिन्दी). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  25. ↑ "Indore Police, Madhya Pradesh, India gets included by World Book of Records". World Book of Records. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  26. ↑ "MAXIMUM CYBER AWARENESS SESSIONS ORGANIZED BY AN INDIVIDUAL". World Records India. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  27. ↑ "Largest Session on Drugs Awareness Archives". Golden Book Of World Records. Retrieved 10 January 2026.

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