‘Urgent need to develop new investigative tools and tech’

CHENNAI: There is an urgent need to develop new-age crime-related investigative tools and technologies in the country, Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) M Ravi has said.

Participating in a national-level virtual conclave on cyber policing and best practices, conducted by the Centre for Research on Cyber Intelligence and Digital Forensic, Ravi, now heading the TN STF, highlighted the government initiatives on combating cybercrimes against women and children and its successful implementation in Tamil Nadu.

Tiruchy Range DIG Annie Vijaya gave a presentation on evidence-based policing at the national conclave. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director-General SN Pradhan inaugurated the conclave.

The panellists at the meet discussed various cybercrimes taking place in the country, the mechanism adopted in dealing with them and also other various modes the fraudsters are likely to adopt for cybercrimes in future and the mechanism or strategies required to deal with such crimes.

The three-day virtual conclave, aimed at improving cyber services in the policing, was jointly organised by CRCIDF with the theme ‘Promoting the reactive, proactive and predictive policing standards’.

Over 50 senior IPS officers, scientists, domain experts took part in the panel discussions and live demos at the event, while over 2,000 officials from across the country watched the event live, said a release.