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Written by Aarti Shrivastava
A total of 3,17,439 cyber crime cases along with 5,771 FIRs were registered online through a centralised portal in the last 18 months. According to information supplied by Lok Sabha, a sizeable amount of it registered in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy said the ministry of home affairs operationalized the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal on August 30, 2019 to provide a centralised mechanism to the citizens for online reporting of all types of cybercrime incidents, with a special focus on cyber crimes against women and children.
With the whole world going digital because of the lockdown, there was a huge rise in cyber crime. One major reason for it was the unmonitored browsing by children due to online schooling. There were also a notable amount of cases of online transaction frauds.
"As per the data maintained, since its inception 3,17,439 cybercrime incidents and 5,771 FIRs have been registered up to February 28, 2021, in the country which includes, 21562 cybercrime incident and 87 FIRs in Karnataka and 50,806 cybercrime incidents and 534 FIRs in Maharashtra," Mr Reddy said in a written reply to a question. The minister also assured that the incidents reported on this portal, their conversion into FIRs, and subsequent action are handled by the stare and Union Territory law enforcement agency concerned as per the provisions of the law.
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