Noida police stations to soon get cyber crime help desks; preps on
Gautam Budh Nagar is likely to get a cyber help desk at every police station soon which will resolve daily issues, and special desks at zonal levels to resolve critical incidents, officials said on Sunday. The move is aimed at tackling the increasing cyber crime incidents in the district, they said.
At present, most of the cyber crime cases are handled by the cyber cell, and victims who approach the local police station are often sent there. According to a senior official, several cybercrime cases are reported in the city daily, of which a majority is related to online fraud.
The police commissioner of Gautam Budh Nagar, Alok Singh, said that they are working on a strategy, under which the incidents of cybercrimes could be reported at the police station
level soon, and the cases may be moved to the next level as per the severity. “To handle the incidents, we are working on a strategy under which all three zones of the city will have cyber help desks in the first stage, and every police station will have a cybercrime help desk in the future, which will take cognisance of relevant incidents. The routine or general cyber incidents shall be resolved at the police station level, while those with relatively higher severity shall be moved.”
“Cybercrime incidents are on the rise, and maximum cases are related to online fraud which constitute about 60% of the total incidents. Today, we held a training session for our SHOS, investigators, etc., on the same. The session focused on several things, including how to handle the routine cybercrime incidents, basic tools on how to reach the cyber criminals, and providing relief to the victims,” Singh said.