Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha asks officers to step up e-vigil to check crimes

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister emphasizes need for updated knowledge on cyber crimes for police and prosecution officers.

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha has asked the officers of the Prosecutions and Police Departments to update their knowledge on the modus operandi of cyber crimes and in detecting them.

“Though there was a decline in crime rate in the State, cyber crimes are on the rise. The assistant public prosecutors (APPs), public prosecutors (PPs), advocates and the police officers should have enough training in detecting online frauds,” the Home Minister said.

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Speaking at the one-day State-level workshop on ‘Digital Evidence – Its Importance’, organised by Prosecutions Department, in Vijayawada, on Saturday (February 15, 2025), Ms. Anitha directed the police to enhance e-vigil to check crime rate in the State.

Director of Prosecutions Byra Ramakoteswara Rao, NTR Police Commissioner S.V. Rajashekar Babu and prosecution officers from all over the State attended the workshop.

“About 1 lakh CCTVs are targeted to be installed in the State soon. But, it is better to have surveillance cameras for each house like other electronic gadgets,” the Home Minister said. She praised the lawyers and officers of Prosecutions Department, who were relieving the public from mental stress in the courts with their arguments.

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