A woman who lost money to a cyber fraud not only lost ₹5 lakh of her savings but also the borrowed amount of ₹10 lakh from her friend and another ₹30 lakh loan from a finance company. After losing all the money, she stopped going to work and is now under medication for health complications.
In an effort to help the victims of cybercrimes and provide a platform to air their grievances, the south east division of Bengaluru police launched ‘Cyber Victim’s Day’ on Thursday. The idea of the meeting is also to create empathy among the police officials to help the victims. Some of them even have suicidal tendencies after losing huge amounts, officials said.
Over 2000 cases have been registered related to cyber crimes in the last eight months, and over ₹100 crores have been looted in the south-east division alone. While cyber crimes are on the rise, the detection rates remain low due to technical difficulties, C.K. Baba, DCP, south east division, who chaired the meeting, said.
