UP Police to have 57 new cyber police stations in the state
New Delhi, August 29
The UP Police will have 57 new cyber police stations set up across the state.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted a review of the cyber security arrangements in the state and directed that the cyber crime police stations, currently operating at the regional level, be expanded to all 75 districts and the cyber cells currently operating at the district level, be expanded to all police stations.
The cyber cells will also be functional in every police station apart from cyber help desks. All cyber police stations will be set up in local police lines.
CM Adityanatah said, “In recent times, the nature of crime has changed due to the misuse of technology. Diverse kinds of cyber frauds related to customer care, pension, electricity bill, work from home, sextortion, loan app, parcel, franchisee, fake betting app, crypto investment fraud and Ponzi scheme fraud are being seen today. The common man is becoming a direct victim of this. To avoid this, we have to be vigilant at every level".
Stressing the need for proper training of the police force for the investigation of cyber crimes, five police officers from each district should be trained at the state level and these trained officers should train five inspectors/sub-inspectors from each police station of their district regarding the course available on the portal.
The CM instructed officials to prepare awareness material at the earliest and implement it, in addition to making it part of the school curriculum.
Apart from this, by training Basic Shiksha Adhikaris (BSAs) and District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) as master trainers, the principals and teachers should be sensitised about cybercrime in a phased manner followed by students and their parents, officials added.
