Officers of Cyber Crime police station of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) in Udichi have arrested two persons from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh (MP) within seventy two hours after receiving the complaint from the Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) over withdrawal of over Rs 40 lakh from a bank account after forging signatures.
Aimed at promoting the scaling and adoption of impactful AI solutions to enable large-scale socio-economic transformation, the IT Ministry has launched the ‘IndiaAI CyberGuard AI Hackathon’.
Following specific leads from the Indian Embassy in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian Police has rescued 67 Indian nationals who were trapped in the Southeast Asian nation in fraudulent job offers obtained through fake agents and forced into cyber crime.
The accused persons were nabbed from Pune, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, while investigation and questioning on the role of other workers at these illegal call centers is ongoing.
The four persons apprehended by ED sleuths included Shashi Kumar M, 25, Sachin M, 26, Kiran S.K., 25, and Charan Raj C., 26, in a case related to the cyber investment scam.
The Cyber Crime police station in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has recorded 101 cases of cybercrime this year, officials said.
A famous city-based progressive writer and poet, Naresh Saxena, was kept under digital arrest in his room for six long hours by cyberheist operators posing as CBI officers in Lucknow, police officials said.
The DoT, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and State Police have joined hands to curb the misuse of telecom resources in cyber-crime and financial frauds. This collaborative effort aims to dismantle networks of fraudsters and protect citizens from digital threats.
A vital movement against cyberbullying that aims to ignite a crucial conversation and empower victims, ‘Brush of Hope’, a powerful art exhibition, is to take place on April 6 to 20 at The Designera Art Gallery, in Mumbai.
Having failed to curb fraudsters, who have been committing crime by using social media frequently, the cyber crime police station in Siliguri has started an awareness campaign as a part of preventive measures.
