57 new cyber police stations to be set up in UP in two months

vancing state police's efforts to check cybercrime, 57 new cyber police stations will be set up in Uttar Presh within next two months, Uttar Presh government said on Saturday.

This decision came after a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi ityanath to review cyber security arrangements in state, an official release issued here said.

ityanath assured state police that government will equip m at all levels to effectively control cybercrime.

He directed that cyber crime police stations, currently operating at regional level, be expanded to all 75 districts and cyber cells currently operating at district level, be expanded to all police stations, release said.

Following instructions of chief minister, 57 new cyber police stations will be set up in state within next two months, while 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, release ded.

"In recent times, nature of crime has changed due to 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. common man is becoming a direct victim of this. To avoid this, we have to be vigilant at every level", chief minister was quoted as saying in release.

Emphasising that awareness is most important means to prevent cyber crimes, ityanath instructed officials to prepare awareness material at earliest and implement it, in dition to making it part of school curriculum.

Apart from this, by training Basic Shiksha hikaris (BSA) and District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) as master trainers, principals and teachers should be sensitised about cybercrime in a phased manner followed by students and ir parents, he ded.

Furrmore, stressing need for proper training of police force for investigation of cyber crimes, chief minister said that five police officers from each district should be trained at state level and se trained officers should train five inspectors/sub-inspectors from each police station of ir district regarding course available on portal.