The Hindu : CM opens State's first cyber crime police station

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Tuesday, Dec 24, 2002

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

CM opens State's first cyber crime police station

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD Dec. 23. The Andhra Pradesh police have added yet another feather to their cap with the inauguration of the first-ever Cyber Crime Police Station in the State here on Monday.

The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, after inaugurating the cyber crime police station, asked police officers to give wide publicity to the new wing and open specialised branches to deal with information technology- related cases.

He also asked them to sensitise the staff of all law and order police stations about cyber crimes. The Chief Minister exhorted law-enforcing agencies to learn about cyber crimes and ensure that every cop understood the fundamentals of the subject.

The Government was contemplating introducing various services (presently being offered at the e-Seva centres) at banks and the 1,000 Government-run schools where computerisation project was being implemented. The Chief Minister said e-Seva centres would be established in all 117 municipalities of the State by the end of next March.

Introducing Internet facility at all public call offices was also under the active consideration of the Government. Soon, 32 new services would be offered at e-Seva centres. Mr. Naidu observed that 385 per cent growth was registered in the first half of the current financial year in Information Technology Enabled Services.

The Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, said the laws should be amended to punish criminals who were misusing the advances made in information technology.

The cyber crime police station inauguration was only a step towards controlling cyber crimes and the Police Department had still a long way to go, he observed.

The Additional DGP (CID), M.L. Kumawat, in his inaugural address, saidt the cyber crime police station's jurisdiction extended all over the State in respect of all the offences committed under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

An officer of the rank of Additional SP will be in-charge of the new police station. Two DSPs, four Inspectors, six sub- inspectors and IT experts would be other members of the staff.

The new police station would deal with all cognisable offences under the I.T.

Act like tampering with the computer source documents, hacking computer system and publishing obscene information in electronic form. The cognisable offences include violation of instructions given by the controller to digital certifying authorities, failure to assist the controller in decrypting the information and unauthorised access to a protected system.

The SP CID, P. Ramnarayan, welcomed.

The Additional DGP (L&O), B.M. Ramalingeswara Rao, the Director of A.P. Forensic Science Laboratory, K.P.C. Gandhi and other officials were present.

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