In an effort to contain the growing cybercrime menace, especially related to Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), courier frauds, sextortion, and online job rackets, City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda has deputed four Deputy Commissioner Of Police in the city to tackle them effectively.
The DCPs will head Special Investigation Teams (SIT) tasked to supervise specific cases assigned to them and for speedy disposal of cases.
According to Mr. Dayananda, a total of 116 cases related to AEPS, 250 on courier frauds, 115 related to sextortion, and 4,607 cases linked to online job frauds have been reported in the city over the last few days. The growing number of cases needs special attention and a senior officer of the rank of DCP will supervise to take them in the right direction and coordinate with the bank officials and officials of the central agencies for detections and recovery of the lost money.
