Amid rising cyber crime cases in Chandigarh and other parts of the country, Chandigarh
DGP Praveer Ranjan on Monday said that Cybercrime cases are increasing across the
country because of new methods being adopted by the offenders. There is a need for
better coordination between the state police and security experts to prevent this crime.
In addition to this, instead of being reactive, police need to be proactive while dealing
with such cases, he added.
He was speaking to journalists on the sideline of the third Joint Cybercrime Coordination
Team (JCCT-V) (Chandigarh Zone) members’ conference organised in Chandigarh on
Monday. The conference was inaugurated by Banwari Lal Purohit, Governor of Punjab-
cum-Administrator Chandigarh.
Senior Officers VSK Kaumudi, Special Secretary, MHA, Dharam Pal, UT Adviser, Dilbag
Singh DGP J & K, PK Aggarwal DGP Haryana, SS Khandare ADGP Ladakh, MK Mall,
Regional Director RBI, other state police officers from states of Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh and Stakeholders attended the conference.
According to an official statement, Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Teams were
constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Centre (I4C) scheme for collaboration and coordination among States in
sharing data, sharing modus operandi, sharing details of financial cyber fraudsters etc.
Based on the analysis of complaints on National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), a
joint Cybercrime Coordination Team (JCCT-V) has been constituted for “Chandigarh
Region” comprising States/UTs i.e. Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana (Mewat
Belt), Punjab, Uttrakhand, Jharkhand (Jamtara Belt), UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT
of Ladakh. Chandigarh Police is appointed as Nodal of JCCT-V.
Madan Oberoi, ED/Interpol, Singapore also addressed the conference on International
issues and current trends in Cybercrime & Investigation.
The conference laid emphasis on the various hotspots i.e. Jamtara, Mewat, Delhi NCR,
West Bengal etc. of cybercrime in India. Press was led upon by all the dignitaries and
experts on separate cyber crime police station, cyber courts and cyber prosecutors.
Representatives from banks and the financial Institution, Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) and other Service Providers discussed the prominent issues faced by the Law
Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). The public prosecutors across the nation, cyber law
experts also give insight on legal issues pertaining to cyber crime, it stated.
Moreover, Adviser Dharam Pal said that the graph of cyber crime is increasing
continuously. In this, criminals are committing crimes through new technologies.
Hackers are discovering new technology. In such a situation, the police should also be
aware of the techniques of cyber criminals. Workforce will have to be trained, he
added.
DGP Ranjan said that cyber crime knows no bounds. In such a situation, it is very
important to have coordination between all the states. New challenges are emerging in
the cyber crime sector. The use of digital space is also increasing. This will be the
biggest challenge for the police in the coming times, DGP said, adding that the evidence
is most important to prove the case of cybercrime in court. In such a situation,
information was shared in the conference about the challenges being faced at the level
of the prosecutor, and how to deal with them. The DGP said that a proposal has also
been sent to the Government of India to make Chandigarh a regional hub in the field of
cybercrime control.