In certain sections of the Media, it has been reported that Telangana State has topped in the areas of Cyber Crimes and Human Trafficking as per NCRB Report. The reports appeared in the Media don’t reflect the true picture about the occurrence of crime. The higher number of cases of Cyber Crimes and Anti-Human trafficking registered are attributed to the proactive measures taken by Telangana Police to deal with such crimes effectively and render justice to victims of crime.
Cyber Crimes :
In this digital era, cyber offences have been happening all over the country. Most cyber offenders have been operating from Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and NCR and targeting victims across the country.
Government of India has established Indian Cybercrimes Coordination Centre (I4C) in MHA to coordinate cybercrime prevention and detection efforts between various police agencies
and stake holders. Under I4C, Cybercrime helpline 1930 and the National Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) were started by Government of India to facilitate easy and speedy reporting of cybercrimes. In June 2021, Telangana State operationalized NCRP and toll free helpline 1930. Since then an amount of Rs.26.6 Crores has been prevented from going to cyber fraudsters after commission of cyber crime, due to timely intervention of Telangana Police. MHA has been regularly reviewing the functioning of this facility with all the states and given directions to convert the online complaints reported into FIRs so that the money can be restored to the victims and offenders be brought to the justice.
The FIR conversion percentage of Telangana is the best in the country at 17.52% as shown in the table below. Registration of FIRs also can lead to arrest of offenders and recovery of money stolen and thereby render justice to victims.
The fact that Telangana Police stood first in the conversion of petitions into FIRs in the entire country, though several other states have much more number of Cyber Crime Online Petitions received testify our commitment to control crime and render justice to victims.
