Mumbai, April 12: Four more police stations have been sanctioned by the Maharashtra government for Mumbai and greater Mumbai to deal with increasing cybercrime cases. A police official said, within few days an official government resolution will be passed in this regard. The government has sanctioned 186 new posts for this initiative and most of them would be in the rank of assistant police inspectors,” K M M Prasanna, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) told PTI.

The newly sanctioned police stations will be reporting to the deputy commissioner of police (cyber) Akhbar Pathan. The number of cybercrime cases in Mumbai is increasing but the number of cases detected is going down. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report titled "Crime in India 2016" had put Mumbai first among 19 big cities nationwide in the number of cybercrime case registered. The report was released in November last year. According to NCRB report, Mumbai saw 4,172 cases reported for the year 2016 followed by Bengaluru with 762 cases and Jaipur with 532 cases.

Special Inspector General Brijesh Singh, emphasised on the need to increase the capability to tackle increasing number of cybercrimes. According to him, the Mumbai police is equipping their officials with state-of-the-art technology. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, Balsing Rajput, superintendent of police, state cyber said, “Four new police stations for Mumbai have been sanctioned to ensure speedy investigations and detection of cybercrimes.” The state has started 43 new police stations, each one in every district and also started 51 cyber labs, said Balsing.

Mumbai currently has one cyber police station, at Bandra Kurla Complex. A few months ago, cybercrime cells had been started in 93 police stations. These cyber cell will forward serious matters to the newly sanctioned police stations.

 

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