All police stations across the district will now have to register FIRs for all kinds of cybercrime reported in their jurisdiction at their respective cyber cells starting from April 1. Concerned over the rising hi-tech, cybercrime cases, the State Police have decided to strengthen its mechanism for controlling cybercrime.
Zonal IG Naveen Kumar Singh, who is in city to review law and order situation in the district said that they will ensure that all the cybercrime cases are registered in the police stations itself starting from April 1.
“Our department is working to strengthen its mechanism. In the past four months we have been able to arrest 300 accused involved in cybercrimes. The police administration is focused on controlling such cases,” noted Singh. He informed that they are also framing strategy to curb ATM frauds in association with bank authorities.
Sources informed that polices officials are being imparted training on seizure and collection of digital evidence, investigation in social networking sites, ATM and credit card fraud.
With the city going hi-tech, cybercrime cases are also on the rise. The crime has shot up this year, going by the increasing number of petitions and complaints that the police are receiving.
Sources in the city police said complaints of hacking of email accounts and complaints of people falling prey to phishing mails or becoming a victim of other online frauds have been reported.
The latest trend in cybercrime is that of sending e-mails announcing job offers i.e., appointment letters from reputed companies wherein the prospective candidates are asked to responding to the mail for a job in upcountry destinations with reputed corporates.
“Jamshedpur is one of the most vulnerable cities in the country as people here are generally ignorant,” said a cyber security expert.