District’s first cyber police station was inaugurated at Bokaro Steel City here on Tuesday. Prabhat Kumar, DIG Koyalanchal (Coalfield Range), inaugurated the station where cyber crime victims can lodge complaints. The police station is located opposite Bokaro Airport. DIG also inaugurated online two Mahila Police stations at Chas and Bermo on this occasion.
Awareness rallies on Cyber Crime and Women’s Safety were organised at Chas and Bermo in association with the local NGOs and school children’s aiming to commemorate the occasion.
A special campaign and an awareness drive initiated by the district police to popularise the Android mobile phone based ‘Shakti App’ was also organised on this occasion.
The police station will have trained manpower and modern equipment to deal with crimes in the cyber world. A separate executive will also be appointed for the station. Cyber crime experts will also be roped in. It will act as a centralised monitoring station for all kinds of online and tech-related crimes, said the DIG.
“With the evolution of technology the nature of crime has become more complex. Hence the administration needs to be several leaps ahead to be able to tackle such crimes. Setting up of the first cyber station in the district was a much-needed step,” he added.
Cyber crime is any criminal act dealing with computers and networks it also called hacking or duping. In such crime criminal does not appear before the victim; it also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet or phones, said an expert.