The Director General (DG) of Uttarakhand Police Anil Kumar Raturi inaugurated the five day workshop on cyber crime at Police lines here on Monday. Addressing the workshop titled Cyber Crime- Current Scenario, Detection and Investigation Techniques, Raturi said that the cyber crimes especially banking frauds create a deep impact in the general public and a sense of insecurity ushers into them. He said that in modern times digitisation has provided many platforms to help the police but on the other hand the digital forgery has heralded new challenges before the police. He appealed the participants to bring in positive increments in their knowledge, skill and attitude.
The additional director General law and order, Ashok Kumar said that cyber crime is fast growing menace and the objective of the workshop is to help investigators in ensuring speedy unveiling of the crimes. He said that the personnel who joined State police services after 1998 have been included in the workshop. The ADG said that workshop is designed to provide maximum information about cyber crimes to the particpants.
The Inspector General (IG) law and order Deepam Seth said that the online platforms in the plain and mountainous areas of the state have been set up and interconnected due to the digital revolution and in such a scenario police officers need to get adept in handling cyber crimes apart from traditional crimes. He said that ATM, bank frauds, social media crimes, CDR analysis, IT act and collection of digital evidences have been included in the workshop as case studies and group discussions.
The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) STF Ridhim Agarwal in her welcome address said that the workshop would be a great help to the participants. She made a presentation on the outline of the workshop on the occasion. A hand book Cyber Crime: Emerging Trends and Current Scenario was also released on the occasion.
On first day the Sachin Dedhia of Skynet Secure Solutions gave presentation on Cyber crime and case studies, emerging trends and current scenario of cyber crime while Cyber law consultant Nisheeth Dixit gave valuable tips to the participants.
The Additional Inspector General (AIG) Administration Ram Singh Meena, IG Intelligence AP Anshuman and IG Headquarters GS Martolia were also present on the occasion.