Uttar Pradesh’s first cyber crime investigation lab is all set to start functioning in Noida. Equipped with latest software and backed by a team of specialised software engineers and investigators, Centre for Cyber Crime Investigation (CCCI) lab is set to launch investigations into cyber crimes, bank frauds, especially those indulging in white-collar crimes by February first week.
The national-level lab is being set up on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model including the UP Government, Noida Authority, industrialists and the community.
Noida Superintendent of Police Dinesh Yadav said the lab has been designed with a modern concept in Sector-6 at SP office building. It will be highly equipped and will have four investigation wings.
Data Acquisition, Amazing Analysis (DAAA) wing will investigate cyber crime involving mobile storage, computer storage, device’s data and live data stored in fixed storage. “The cyber crime experts will trace the source of data from the device involving in cyber crime for further investigation,” Yadav said.
The Open Intelligence and Social Media Crime (OISMC) wing will investigate matters involving sensitive offences including social media rumors propagated by WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.
SP Dinesh Yadav said, “The team placed in this unit will keep a tab on social rumours to take precaution measure. The engineers will delete the link to avoid untoward incidents and will reach to that person who generated the post. The private issue of public through social sites will also be investigated by the wing.” Mobile Phone Surveillance wing will probe the matters involving CDR analysis, tower analysis and other mobile data. The fourth wing will probe the financial fraud and bank fraud in the city. The financial frauds are on a rise in Noida and Greater Noida.