In the absence of its jurisdiction being fixed, Cyber Crimes Police Station has no FIR registered in it since March last year when it was formed. Things are murky, though nobody can deny the importance it deserves with cyber crimes happening thick and fast in the State.
SSP STF P Renuka Devi said that a proposal has been sent to the State Government, seeking determination of jurisdiction of Cyber Crimes Police Station through involving the judiciary.
Another police officer said that out of three posts of inspector, only one has been deputed. Complaints were received but no FIR was registered. A total of 32 posts have been created for the cyber crime police station while 23 police officers and police personnel- five sub-inspectors, six head- constables and 12 constables- have been deputed.
The objective with which CCPS was raised is important as it is tasked to deal with crimes related to online frauds, AMT frauds, credit card frauds, objectionable photographs or videos, comment on the Facebook and other social websites which may lead to communal tension.
The State Government had released notification for establishment of Cyber Crime Police Station under IT Act 2000 and IT Act 2008 (amended) on January 21, 2015.
It should be mentioned here that Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat had inaugurated the State’s first CCPS in Dehradun on March 25, 2015. Rawat had said that Uttarakhand had become among the few privileged States of the country where CCPS was operational.