Silicon city gets 8 special police stations to crack cyber-crime cases

Bengaluru: As there is a twofold rise in cybercrimes in the past two years in Bengaluru, eight police stations in the city have started to address specific cybercrime and narcotics cases.

The police station dedicated to complaints of cyber economic offences and narcotics cases in central Bengaluru is located at the DCP Office, Central division, in Ashok Nagar. The complaints from the jurisdictions of 12 stations in central Bengaluru can be filed at the newly started police stations.

The 12 stations in which the cases can be filed are Halasuru Gate, Wilson Garden, Ashok Nagar, Vivek Nagar, Sheshadripuram, High Grounds, Silver Jubilee Park, Vyalikaval, Sadashiva Nagar, Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha and Sampangi Rama Nagar police stations.

On the other hand, the DCP offices of all eight divisions in the city will also accept complaints of cases related to cybercrime and narcotic offences occurring in their jurisdictional police stations.

So far there was just one cybercrime police station in the city located on Infantry Road. The city’s sole cyber crime police station, which started operations in April 2017, registered 2,023 cases that year, making it to more than 224 cases per month. The number soared to 4,672 in the first 11 months of 2018, with a monthly average of 425 cases, informed sources.