Cyber Crime Police Station registered 142 cases

Chargesheet filed in 39 cases, ₹6.75 crore funds reverted to account holders

The Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS), which was formed a few months ago and is functioning from the premises of Central Crime Branch(CCB), registered 142 cases for cyber offences in the last year.

A senior police officer said: “The station was carved out from the Central Crime Branch and has been functioning from the premises of the office of Commissioner of Police in Vepery since last July. The cases relating to all cyber offences are referred to the officers attached to this station. More personnel are being added. Last year, we registered 142 cases. As many as 121 cases were disposed of with filing chargesheets in 39 cases and 82 cases were disposed of otherwise. As many as 55 of the accused were arrested last year.”

Laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, bank passbooks, fake PAN, Aadhaar cards, debit cards, vehicles, a drone, gold and silver ornaments that were stolen in various cases were seized by the personnel of the police station. The seized amount was reverted online.