The comparative data of the number of complaints received under various cyber crime heads by Pune City police between 2021 and 2022 shows that five categories showed a sharp increase. These are online loan application frauds and extortion, sextortion, cheating related to cryptocurrency investment, Know Your Customer (KYC) information update and power bill frauds.
The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal defines a cyber crime as ‘any unlawful act where a computer or communication device or computer network is used to commit or facilitate the commission of crime’. The Cyber Crime police station is the nodal entity of Pune City police that takes preliminary cognizance of cyber crime cases. The Cyber Crime police station, after conducting a preliminary inquiry into a case, registers the First Information Report (FIR) with itself, if the crime is of a serious nature and requires specialised probe or the fraud amount is very large. In other cases, the cyber police directs the local police station concerned to further probe the case by registering the FIR.
After recently taking over as the Commissioner of Police of Pune City, Retesh Kumaarr had said Pune requires more number of dedicated cyber crime police stations in addition to the existing one, considering the expanse of the city and the number of complaints received per year. He also said that training of available personnel in cyber crime investigation will be one of his priorities.
As per the comparative data shared…
