The Special Task Force (STF) of Haryana police will soon hire 100 highly-qualified cyber expert personnel to deal with high profile criminals who often chat with each other through social media platforms.
The State police have sent a proposal to the Haryana Government in this regard. Recently around 4000 policemen have completed their training at Haryana police academy, Madhuban, of which 100 will directly join the STF.
“Several gangsters and their associates communicate via social media platforms like Facebook, Whatsapp calling, Skype and other software and technologies. They are connecting with each other throughout the internet. We just want to strengthen our Information Technology (IT) cell. We need cyber trained personnel who can help STF to track their locations and their activities,” STF Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Saurabh Singh said.
Moreover, the Special Task Force has identified 100 policemen who are IT experts and have deep knowledge of different software and experts in computers.
“Once we get this personnel we will provide them with a special training so that they can help STF to nab dreaded criminals and also help to curb cybercrime in the city. After the training these policemen will be posted in STF’s all four range in Gurugram, Hisar, Rohtak and Jhajjar,” Singh said.
On July 11, Kaushal a wanted criminal had allegedly made a Whatsapp treat call to a former Congress member, Dharmbeer Dagar. The Gurugram police failed to track his locations yet.
Sources with the force said that the STF have prepared a list of 14 most wanted criminals on the Gurugram police. The force is working to nab these criminals.
Earlier in April, the STF had killed dreaded gangster Balraj Bhati in an encounter in Noida. He was a member of Sunder Bhati gang and carried a bounty of Rs 2.5 lakh on his head.
Also, the special force had recently arrested notorious criminal Sampat Nehra a member of lawrence Bishnoi gang. The Rajasthan and Haryana police had fixed bounty of Rs 50 thousand each on his head. Before the arrest, he had posted his photos on his Facebook page and alleged that police can be gunned down him in a fake encounter case.
It may be recalled that Haryana government has recently set up STF to deal with the menace of organized crime. STF has managed to rein in several gangsters and their gang members from across the country.