The Central Central Crime Branch of the Greater Chennai Police has been tasked with the responsibility of handling cases of a sensitive nature, such as bank frauds as well as fake passport and visa cases, irrespective of the quantum of money involved.
In a Standing Order that came into effect on October 10, 2023, Director-General of Police/Commissioner of Police Sandeep Rai Rathore said the Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS) attached to the CCB would handle cases relating to pornography, child pornography, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, morphing, posting of sexually explicit content on social media and threats using fake profiles.
While cyber crime cases that are highly sensitive in nature would be also be handled only by the CCPS, other offences pertaining to social media such as data theft, impersonation, fake profiles, extortion, sextortion, abusive posts, fake or impersonation of online profiles etc. would be investigated by the local police, if the suspect was a known person or by the Zonal Cyber Crime Police Station, with the approval of the Joint Commissioner of Police, in case the suspect was unknown.
