Hyderabad, January 30: Concerned over a spurt in cyber crimes in the city, the hub for IT and IT Enabled Services (ITES), the State police has made an urgent request to the State government and got the green signal for setting up a cyber crime police station (ccps) in the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate.
This will be in addition to the already functioning Hyderabad CCPS and will be operating under the detective department. Cyber crimes under the Information Technology (IT) Act jumped by over 300 percent since the beginning of the New Year as compared to the data two years ago. Currently, one offence a day is being recorded on an average. Year 2009 saw a 50 percent increase in cyber crimes over the previous year in the city.
Cases mostly pertaining to Nigerian frauds, portal hacking and data theft are being registered under sections 65, 66 and 67 of the IT Act at the Cyber Crime Cell in the city and the majority of offenders are said to be below 30 years of age.
B Sumathi, Superintendent of Police (SP), Cyber Crimes told Expresso that IT-related offences were on the rise in the city. “As many as 88 cases were registered in 2008 and the figure went up to 124 in 2009 with a large chunk of them being Nigerian frauds, hacking and data thefts,’’ she said. In order to tackle the cyber crimes, Director General of Police RR Girish Kumar has requested the State government to sanction a CCPS for Cyberabad.
The CC police stations, the existing one and the one about to come, will have a Deputy Superintendent of Police, two Inspectors, four sub-inspectors, four head constables, 20 police constables and four home guards. They will also have cyber crime labs manned by a sub-inspector and four constables. “Once the new police station comes up, it would be easier to take up investigation of cases,’’ Sumathi said.
In order to create awareness among the people on cyber crimes, the Cyber Crime Cell will start special programmes shortly.
——IANS