Considering the rise in incidences of cyber crimes and number of cyber criminals across the State, Jharkhand Police has decided to train its officials in advance methods to fight and control crimes in digital space.
In line with the motives of creating a strengthened and skilled workforce for handling cyber crimes, a four-day training workshop for Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) and Inspector rank Investigating Officers looking into cases of cyber crime from all over Jharkhand, organised by Crime Investigation Department (CID), began on Monday.
Inaugurating the training programme, Additional Director General, CID Ajay Kumar Singh urged the trainee officials to gain the most from their trainers and the programme.
In the workshop hosted by Cyber Crime police station, around 35 police officials from 24 districts of Jharkhand will receive lessons on procedural and legal knowhow of investigating cyber crimes by experts on the matter.
Over the course of training, Special Public Prosecutor, Calcutta High Court Vibhas Chatterjee will instruct the trainees in investigation techniques pertaining to cyber crime based on a curriculum specially designed for this programme.The trainees will be coached in standard methods of collection and preservation of evidence in cyber crime cases, filing case diaries, nuances of cyber forensics under the procedural topics of the course outline. The police officials will also be informed about provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 to make them proficient with legal procedures and penalties associated with cyber crimes.To teach the officials in training about operating procedures of machinery and software used for investigating crimes of digital nature and collecting evidence in such cases, a hands-on training session has also been included in the programme where investigators working in districts will firsthand experience controlling the equipments.“In recent times, cyber crimes have emerged as a major concern for police forces in Jharkhand. Although Cyber Crime police station has been set up in Ranchi and a Cyber Cell in every district, the workforce stationed in them are still new to the technical aspects of cyber crime investigation. This training programme will help them greatly in effectively investigate and solve cases of cyber crimes,” Superintended of Police (CID) Jaya Roy said.
As per data released by CID, 172 cyber crime cases were registered in Jharkhand during 2014, and the number grew to 221 in 2015. Most of these cases came from Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Hazaribagh, Giridih, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Deoghar and Jamtara.