Odisha Witnesses Increase In Cyber Crime Cases

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Bhubaneswar: Increase in cyber crime cases has remained a major concern for Odisha police despite frequent awareness programmes.

As per official statistics, as many as 865 cyber crime cases have been registered in Odisha till September this year. Police said that 867 cyber crime cases were registered in 2018 as against 824 in 2017.  Similarly police in 2017 had  registered as many as 824 cyber crime cases as against 317 in 2016.

Police said that bulk of the cases included online banking frauds and circulation of vulgar photos of girls on social media.

“The most number of cyber crime cases were registered in Jajpur by September this year with 57 cases. We have also arrested 218 accused including four women during this period,” said a police official.

 

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