The Uttar Pradesh Home Department has prepared a major action plan to check the growing cases of cybercrime in the country. The department has set up a cybercrime help desk in all police stations across the state. All the current cybercrime-related cases will be transferred to this desk to expedite the pending investigations. There is also a proposal to establish a digital forensic lab in Lucknow and a cyber forensic lab at every zone level.
In view of the increasing cyber crimes in the last tenure, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath had directed the state’s Home Department to take effective action. In the last five years, 18 Police Range headquarters Cyber Crime Stations were established and 414 posts have been created in these police stations.
It may be noted that five years back there were only two cyber crime police stations in Lucknow and Gautam Budh Nagar. Women Cyber Crime Cells have been established in every regional cybercrime police station under the Yogi government. In the last five years, 863 cases have been registered in 18 range level Cyber Crime Stations, in which 586 accused have been arrested and more than Rs 4 crore have been recovered from the accused.
Apart from this, about Rs 7 billion have been frozen in bank accounts and about Rs 11 crore have been returned to the accounts of the victims.
Keeping in view the future challenges of cybercrime, all kinds of resources are being given to the police force. Training is being given to the employees at Cyber Crime Headquarters for speedy and quality disposal of pending cases. 18 range level Cyber Stations will be operationalised in their administrative buildings.
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Assistance will be taken from cyber experts for technical assistance in research, training and investigation at Cyber Crime Headquarters and a high-quality Center of Excellence will be developed at Headquarters. Apart from this, Certified Crime Prevention Specialists (CCPS) will be established in every district.