Senior police officials instructed to complete the preliminary rollout of the cyber cells by October 15
Taking note of the growing cases of online frauds, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a multi-tiered specialised cyber wing that would taper down to the police station level.
The cyber cells would investigate a gamut of online frauds involving e-commerce, digital currency (such as bitcoin), credit cards and e-wallets.
The wing would have a presence at police stations, districts, zones and headquarters for effective investigation of online crimes and speedy disposal of such cases.
UP Director General of Police, O P Singh, has instructed senior police officials, including zonal additional DGPs, inspectors general of police and range deputy IGs, senior superintendent of police (SSP) and SPs to complete the preliminary rollout of the cyber cells by October 15.
The cyber wing would have a ‘cyber crime team’ at the police station, manned by a police inspector, a sub inspector and two head constables. It would investigate cases of frauds involving ATM, credit card, e-wallet, fake profile and password hacking.
Similarly, the district cyber crime cell would handle more serious online offences, such as ecommerce, fake Twitter handle, website defacement and prizes/lotteries.
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